Hernando County Flood Damage Prevention and Protection ordinance is utilized in coordination with the Florida Building Code to regulate development and activities in Special Flood Hazard Areas.

The Property Appraiser's GIS Digital Flood Map can be used to aid in identifying if your property is located in a mapped Special Flood Hazard Area. The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map is the official map used in flood zone determinations.

Hernando County also has local watershed information that may not appear on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map that can affect development. The Zoning office should always be contacted for a determination of zone and elevation requirements.

FEMA’s Map Service Center can be used to search a property address to see whether a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR & LOMA) has been approved for any property. LOMR & LOMA determinations can either remove the entire property from the floodplain OR remove only a specific portion of a property from the floodplain and this information supersedes current Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

Visit https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home to search an address.