Blog · October 14, 2026 · Arkansas
Russellville Flood Zone Map: checking a property's flood zone
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Dover.
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Weighing a property around Pottsville? Checking the Russellville flood zone map reveals whether it sits in a FEMA flood zone, and the lookup is free. Covered here for Russellville: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, reading the zone codes, and pairing it with the Pope County ArcGIS parcel map.
Getting started with the Russellville flood zone map
The official source is FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: type an address near Pottsville, and pick the FIRMette or map view. Rural land near Atkins with no street number can still be found: zoom in from the nearest road and click inside the land.
The viewer Pope County publishes
Your first stop is the Pope County ArcGIS parcel map; it maps each tax parcel around London and Dover. When a rural tract has no street number, pan along the nearest road and click the parcel itself, and that holds around Pottsville too. Closer to Pottsville, a pop-up or side panel typically gives the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
A quick look at the area
Russellville is the county seat, where most land records are kept. Other places on the map include Pottsville, London, Dover, and Atkins, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 64,593 people call Pope County home (Census estimate, 2023) spread over about 811 square miles. The county dates to 1829, and some chains of title near Pottsville are long. Features like Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge make handy reference points on the map near Dover.
Where Russellville fits in
Russellville lies within Pope County, Arkansas, so its parcels are on the county's map. Russellville is also the county seat, handy when you need recorded documents. For property near Hector, the municipality handles things like zoning, permits and utilities within town limits, but the county runs assessment and recording. Acreage past the town limits out by Dover generally follows county rules, not municipal ones.
Getting answers from the right desk
Deeds, mortgages and recorded plats for land near Atkins sit in the index kept by the Circuit Clerk, often with an online index. Questions about what you can build around Hector are for the local planning and health departments, town or county, depending on location.
Reading A, AE and X
An AE label carries a published BFE, which plain A zones lack; builders around Pottsville design to it. For property near Dover, a shaded X area marks moderate flood hazard, roughly the 100- to 500-year range; plain X, or C on older maps, is minimal risk.
Before you lean on the lines
Listed acreage is an assessed number; just a licensed surveyor can set the real corners for a parcel near Atkins. If the land is near Dover, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Lining it up with the parcel map
FEMA's map shows zones but not ownership, so check the Pope County ArcGIS parcel map too to confirm you have the right parcel near London.
Using it on a phone
Most viewers work in a phone browser, useful out on a road near Pottsville, though signal can drop in rural spots. A printout of the tract near Atkins helps when you meet an owner or agent.
What a flood zone means for a buyer
For acreage around Hector, get the Elevation Certificate if one exists: it can change the insurance price a lot. Remodeling a house in a zone near Pottsville usually means extra permit review; call the permitting office before you plan.
Water near Pottsville
Small streams around Atkins aren't always studied in detail, so look for water marks and debris lines. Marshy spots near Atkins can limit building too; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
Next door to Pope County
Pope County meets Conway County, Johnson County, Logan County, Newton County, and Searcy County, all with their own assessor records. A tract near the line by Hector may be split in two county records, so look at the neighboring map as well. For a parcel near Atkins, the Platbookmapper state page lists every bordering county map across Arkansas.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the seller for any Elevation Certificate for the house near London; an insurance quote early keeps the budget honest.
Frequently asked
Do I need flood insurance in Russellville?
For a building near Hector in an A or V zone with a federally backed or regulated mortgage, it's generally required; elsewhere it's optional.
Can I challenge a flood zone near Atkins?
Good question; FEMA's LOMA process is the usual route when a building near Hector sits above the base flood elevation; a surveyor's elevation data supports it.
What does an AE label mean for a lot near Hector?
Short answer: AE is a Special Flood Hazard Area with a published base flood elevation, which shapes building rules near Atkins.
Do I need to worry about flooding in Zone X in Russellville?
For most people, Zone X near Dover means moderate (shaded) or minimal (unshaded) mapped risk; FEMA notes that a large share of claims come from these areas.
Does the parcel map work on a phone near London?
Most viewers run in a mobile browser; load it before you lose coverage near Hector.
Open the official Pope County, AR 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.