Property planning

Know the property before you choose the home.

Enter a Florida address to receive a preliminary FEMA flood-zone and county lookup, then save it to your Tidecrest Home Plan.

Check a Property

Use the complete street address for the best match.

What Tidecrest checks

  • Matched property address and coordinates
  • Florida county for permitting research
  • FEMA mapped flood zone
  • Special Flood Hazard Area indicator
  • Mapped Base Flood Elevation when available
  • Starting point for the local building department

This is preliminary planning information, not an elevation certificate, survey, permit decision, insurance determination, or engineering opinion.

Official FEMA map

Check the FEMA map without leaving Tidecrest

Search the property address in the map below. When you find the flood zone or report information, use the form underneath the map to add it to the customer's Tidecrest Home Plan.

If the map is blocked on a device, open the official FEMA viewer ↗.

Add the FEMA result to the Home Plan

View My Home Plan
Permitting

County and building-department guidance

The lookup identifies the county. The property may still fall under a city rather than county permitting jurisdiction, so Tidecrest must verify the correct building and floodplain departments before permitting.

Florida Building Organization Search ↗
Important verification

Confirm before design and permitting

Flood maps are a planning starting point. Confirm the flood zone, elevation datum, Base Flood Elevation, freeboard, and required finished-floor elevation with the community floodplain administrator, surveyor, engineer, and building department.