Blog · October 14, 2026 · Wisconsin
Using the Racine Flood Zone Map
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near North Bay.
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Before you buy or build near Mount Pleasant, check the Racine flood zone map: the zone on that map shapes insurance, building rules and resale. Covered here for Racine: finding the address on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and pairing it with the Racine County ArcGIS parcel map.
Where the Racine flood zone map lives
Start with FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: type an address near Sturtevant, then open the map view for that panel. Rural land near Mount Pleasant with no street number is still easy to locate: pan from the closest town then click the parcel area.
The viewer Racine County publishes
Begin with the Racine County ArcGIS parcel map; it includes each tax parcel from Mount Pleasant to Caledonia. For acreage around Elmwood Park, put in a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, and the matching parcel lights up. Out toward North Bay, write down the parcel ID before closing the panel; every records desk in the county uses it to find the file.
Racine and the county around it
Racine is part of Racine County, Wisconsin, so its parcels are on the county's map. As the county seat, Racine hosts the courthouse, so deeds and plats are filed in town. Closer to Mount Pleasant, city or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, and the county still keeps the parcel and deed records. Acreage past the town limits near Caledonia often follows county rules rather than the town's.
Neighboring parcel maps
Racine County meets Allegan County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, and Walworth County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map. A tract near the line by Sturtevant may be split in two county records, so open the neighboring map as well. For a home near Caledonia, the Platbookmapper state page lists every neighboring county map for Wisconsin.
Beyond the mapped zones
Small streams around Caledonia aren't always studied in detail, so look for water marks and debris lines. Wetlands near Sturtevant can limit building even outside a flood zone; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
What to request from a seller
Ask the listing agent whether the home has flooded on the property near Mount Pleasant; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
What the zone letters mean
An AE label comes with a base flood elevation, and an unnumbered A zone has none; builders around North Bay design to it. In and around Mount Pleasant, shaded Zone X is moderate risk, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; unshaded X means minimal mapped risk.
Backing up the map with records
The map is an index, not the title: recorded deeds, subdivision plats and easements for land near Elmwood Park are kept by the Register of Deeds. Inherited tracts near North Bay can sit on many deeds, and a title company is worth hiring before a purchase.
Offices that can help
If the acreage or value on a parcel near Caledonia looks off go to the county real property listing office, the office behind the parcel record. Questions about what you can build around Sturtevant go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
Field tips
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Sturtevant, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A screenshot of the parcel near Sturtevant with its ID keeps working without signal.
Use the county map alongside FEMA
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so open the Racine County ArcGIS parcel map next to confirm you have the right parcel near Wind Point.
Reading the legal description
Wisconsin is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, so deeds around Sturtevant reference sections and townships. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though sections near Wind Point can be irregular. Write down the legal description for the tract near Sturtevant when you talk to a surveyor.
Money questions tied to the zone
For land near North Bay, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it compares the building to the BFE. Remodeling a house in a zone near Caledonia often needs a floodplain permit; call the permitting office early.
Quick answers
What does an AE label mean for a lot near Wind Point?
An AE zone has a 1% annual chance of flooding and a base flood elevation, so builders near Elmwood Park design to that elevation.
Do I need to worry about flooding in Zone X near North Bay?
It depends, but Zone X near Sturtevant means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk; FEMA notes that a large share of claims come from these areas.
What is a LOMA in Racine?
Good question; you can ask FEMA for a LOMA if surveyed elevations show the building near North Bay is above the BFE; it starts with an elevation survey.
How do I check the flood zone for an address in Racine?
In most cases, look up the spot near Sturtevant in FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer viewer; then confirm the parcel on the county viewer.
Does the parcel map work on a phone near Caledonia?
Most viewers run in a mobile browser; load it before you lose coverage near Mount Pleasant.
Open the official Racine County, WI 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.