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FEMA Flood Zone Check

FEMA flood zone designation, SFHA status, and risk level at any US location

MCP Function Name
gridkit_flood_zone

What It Does

Check the FEMA flood zone at any US location. Returns flood zone designation (A, AE, X, V, etc.), Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) status, risk level classification, and Base Flood Elevation (BFE) where available. Zone A/AE/V = High Risk, Zone B/X-shaded = Moderate, Zone X/C = Minimal risk.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
latfloatoptionalLatitude
lonfloatoptionalLongitude
addressstringoptionalUS street address

Try These in Claude

Is this address in a FEMA flood zone?
What's the flood risk at these coordinates?

Data Sources

FEMA NFHL

Use Cases

Connect This Tool

Part of the unified Gridleaf gateway. Connect once for all 55 tools:

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport streamable-http gridleaf https://mcp.gridleaf.org/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"
Claude.ai

Settings > Integrations > Add Custom Connector > URL: https://mcp.gridleaf.org/mcp

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