Blog · October 14, 2026 · Mississippi
Using the Tupelo Flood Zone Map
The zone on FEMA's map affects insurance, building and resale near Verona.
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Weighing a property around Guntown? A quick look at the Tupelo flood zone map shows whether the lot falls inside a mapped floodplain, and no account is needed. What this Tupelo guide covers: locating a parcel on FEMA's map, decoding A, AE and X, and pairing it with the county ArcGIS parcel map around Guntown.
Checking the Tupelo flood zone map step by step
The official source is FEMA's Flood Map Service Center: search an address around Verona, and choose the dynamic map. A tract near Sherman without an address is still easy to locate: pan from the closest town then click the parcel area.
The viewer Lee County publishes
The public parcel map for this area is the Lee County ArcGIS parcel map, and anyone can open it without signing up. If you're looking near Sherman, enter a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. For a parcel near Saltillo, write down the parcel ID from that panel; every clerk in the county uses it to find the file.
Questions to ask before you buy
Ask the listing agent for any Elevation Certificate for the house near Verona; getting a quote early keeps the budget honest.
Next door to Lee County
Lee County meets Chickasaw County, Itawamba County, Monroe County, Pontotoc County, and Prentiss County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Ground near Plantersville that runs to the line can show up in two county records, so open the neighboring map too. For acreage around Plantersville, our state page links each bordering county map for Mississippi.
City limits and county records
Tupelo lies near Verona, and the county assessor maps its lots. Tupelo is also the county seat, which puts the Chancery Clerk close by. If you're looking near Shannon, the municipality handles things like zoning, permits and utilities for lots inside the boundary, and the county still keeps the parcel and deed records. Acreage past the city limits out by Verona often falls under county rules, not municipal ones.
What the map can't tell you
Listed acreage is an estimate; only a licensed surveyor establishes the real boundary on land around Guntown. Near Sherman, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month might lag behind.
Decoding the flood zone labels
With a lot near Guntown, any A or V zone are Special Flood Hazard Areas, land with a 1-percent chance of flooding in any year. Near Sherman, shaded Zone X marks moderate flood hazard, between the 1% and 0.2% annual chance floods; unshaded X is minimal risk.
Getting your bearings
Tupelo is the county seat, which is where the courthouse records live. Smaller places on the map include Verona, Plantersville, Saltillo, and Sherman, each with its own cluster of lots. About 82,799 people live in Lee County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) on roughly 450 square miles. The county was formed in 1866, and some chains of title near Shannon are long.
Parcel lines plus flood zones
FEMA doesn't draw property lines, so pair it with the Lee County ArcGIS parcel map to confirm you have the right parcel near Shannon.
Low spots and local drainage
Creeks and ditches near Plantersville aren't always studied in detail, so ask neighbors about past flooding. Wetlands near Shannon can limit building even outside a flood zone; check the National Wetlands Inventory mapper for a first look.
Field tips
Most viewers work in a phone browser, handy when you're parked on a road near Shannon, so load it before you lose signal. A printout of the tract near Verona is a good backup.
How land is described here
Mississippi uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near Shannon cite section, township and range. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though corrections make some sections near Verona odd-sized. Write down the legal description for the tract near Shannon when you talk to a surveyor.
Insurance, lenders and building
For acreage around Guntown, ask for an Elevation Certificate: it records the building's elevation against the base flood. Building or adding on near Verona in a mapped zone often needs a floodplain permit; check with the county or town building office before you plan.
Questions about the Tupelo flood zone map
How do I check the flood zone for an address in Tupelo?
Short answer: FEMA's free map shows the zone for any spot near Verona, and the zone code appears on the map.
Is AE a high-risk flood zone in Tupelo?
Generally, AE is a Special Flood Hazard Area with a published base flood elevation, which shapes building rules near Saltillo.
How often are flood maps updated for land near Sherman?
It depends, but zones near Plantersville can shift when FEMA updates a panel; check the effective date on the panel.
Can I see flood zones on the Lee County ArcGIS parcel map?
Good question; a flood layer may appear in the Lee County ArcGIS parcel map layer list, though it can lag behind FEMA's current panels.
What's the tax parcel number used for near Sherman?
Every office uses it to pull the same file for land near Saltillo; you'll see it in the viewer and on tax statements.
Open the official Lee County, MS 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.