Know Your Flood Hazard

Coastal Flood Zones

Brunswick County consists of several flood zones. Flood Zone X and Shaded X are considered to be a low risk for flooding and are not regulated by ordinance at this time. The following flood zones have mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements and floodplain management standards apply:

• VE zones or Coastal High Hazard Areas are zones where high velocity wave action accompanies the storm surge and can cause severe damage to buildings.
• Coastal A Zone (NEW): area landward of a V-Zone, or landward of an open coast without mapped V-Zones. In a Coastal A Zone, the principal source of flooding will be astronomical tides, storm surges, seiches or tsunamis, not riverine flooding.
• AE zones are areas affected by storm surge but where wave action is diminished or absent.
• Flood Zone A are areas subject to inundation by the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event.

Because detailed hydraulic analyses have not been performed, no Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) or flood depths are shown.

• Before buying, you should be aware of other factors that accompany the pleasures of owning property in Brunswick County.
• To determine your flood risk, visit Flood.NC.gov or call (910) 253-2046 Know Your Risks.
• To determine your flood zone, visit Brunswick County GIS.
• For information from FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and floodplain management questions, contact the Floodplain Administrator at (910) 253-2046.
• Use the NC FRIS Map Service Center or search FEMA maps  to find your official flood map.
• For a copy of FEMA Elevation Certificates that are on file contact the Floodplain Administrator at (910) 253-2046.