Blog · October 14, 2026 · Utah
Price Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Helper.
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Weighing a property around Wellington? The Price flood zone map tells you whether FEMA puts it in a high-risk zone, and it costs nothing to check. In this Price guide: finding the address on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and pairing it with the Carbon County parcel viewer.
The Price flood zone map: start here
The official source is FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: type an address near Wellington, and choose the dynamic map. Rural land near Scofield with no street number can still be found: search the nearest road then click the parcel area.
Getting to the right map
Lots and tracts near Wellington can be looked up on the Carbon County parcel viewer, a viewer that needs no account. If you only know roughly where the land is, zoom in from Scofield until the lines appear, then click inside the one you want. If you're looking near Wellington, write down the parcel ID from that panel; each clerk in the county asks for it first.
Sections, lots and bearings
Utah uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Wellington cite section, township and range. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though corrections make some sections near Wellington odd-sized. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Helper before you request a deed or survey.
What the map can't tell you
The acreage figure is an estimate; only a licensed surveyor sets the real corners on land around East Carbon. For a home near Scofield, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month can take weeks to appear.
Where Price fits in
Price lies within Carbon County, Utah, and the county assessor maps its lots. Price is also the county seat, handy when you need recorded documents. If the land is near Helper, the municipality handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities inside its limits, and the county still keeps the parcel and deed records. Acreage past the city limits toward Helper generally answers to county rules instead.
A short flood checklist
Ask the seller whether the home has flooded for the house near Wellington; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
Which office to call
If the acreage or value on a parcel near East Carbon looks off go to the County Assessor, which maintains the tax roll. Building or septic questions for a lot near Scofield go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
Beyond the mapped zones
Small streams around East Carbon may not have detailed mapping, so walk the land after rain. Marshy spots near Helper can limit building too; the National Wetlands Inventory mapper shows mapped wetlands.
Zones on the Price flood zone map
Zone AE comes with a base flood elevation, and an unnumbered A zone has none; builders around Wellington design to it. In and around East Carbon, a shaded X area is moderate risk, roughly the 100- to 500-year range; unshaded X means minimal mapped risk.
Lining it up with the parcel map
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so pair it with the Carbon County parcel viewer to confirm you have the right parcel near Wellington.
Next door to Carbon County
Carbon County borders Duchesne County, Emery County, Grand County, Sanpete County, and Uintah County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Ground near Wellington that runs to the line can show up in two county records, so check the neighboring map as well. Our state page links every bordering county map for Utah.
Getting your bearings
Price serves as the county seat, home to the main records offices. Smaller places on the map include Wellington, Helper, East Carbon, and Scofield. Roughly 20,609 people live in the county (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) across some 1,479 square miles for land near Wellington. Carbon County was formed in 1894, which matters when you trace an old farm's title. Features like Manti National Forest are easy to spot when you zoom out from East Carbon.
Money questions tied to the zone
If you're looking near Scofield, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it can change the insurance price a lot. New construction in a floodplain near Scofield can trigger elevation rules; call the permitting office before you plan.
Price: common questions
What is a LOMA in Price?
In most cases, FEMA's LOMA process is the usual route when a building near Wellington sits above the base flood elevation, and lenders accept the result.
What is a base flood elevation in Price?
Short answer: the base flood elevation is the water level expected in the 1% annual chance flood; surveyors near East Carbon use it often.
Can I see flood zones on the Carbon County parcel viewer?
Good question; the parcel map near Wellington might show FEMA zones; confirm a lot near Scofield on FEMA's map either way.
Is Zone X safe from flooding around Wellington?
For most people, Zone X near East Carbon means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk; FEMA notes that a large share of claims come from these areas.
Which office handles records for land near Wellington?
For land near Scofield, assessment goes to the County Assessor and deeds to the County Recorder; planning offices cover zoning near East Carbon
Open the official Carbon County, UT parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.