A flood search is a determination of whether all or a portion of a designated property is located in a special or moderate flood hazard area (i.e., a 100- or 500-year flood zone) based upon the Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the FEMA for the sole purpose of complying with the Flood Disaster Protection Act. (Standard flood hazard searches are not intended as an opinion as to the likelihood of flooding for a particular property).

A Charles Jones flood search includes our detailed, descriptive maps and all the information required for compliance with federal regulations. We also perform flood searches for partial flooding areas to determine if a dwelling or other structure is located in a flood zone. This comprehensive search can help provide answers when the entire property is not in a flood zone, since insurance is only required for dwellings and insurable improvements.

The company is a member of the National Flood Determination Association (NFDA), has over 30 years of experience performing these searches and currently maintains one of the region's largest inventories of map resources and data files.