FEMA Flood Hazard Data for Coastal New York and New Jersey:
Available GIS Data and Services
Links to GIS data and web services available from FEMA that depict recently released flood hazard data for coastal New Jersey and New York are provided below. Click on a hyperlink below to jump to the section for the FEMA data indicated.
Not sure what the difference between REST, KML and a web map service is? Learn more at ESRI’s GIS Services Vocabulary page.
- Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Data
- Preliminary Work Map Data
- Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) Data
Preliminary FIRM Data
Access preliminary FIRM data by community in the formats indicated below.
New York City
GIS web-based services:
Westchester County, NY
GIS web-based services:
Atlantic County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Bergen County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Burlington County, NJ (Atlantic Coast only)
GIS web-based services:
Camden County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Cape May County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Cumberland County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Essex County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Gloucester County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Hudson County, NJ (not including the NJ Meadowlands Commission)
GIS web-based services:
Middlesex County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Monmouth County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Ocean County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Salem County, NJ
GIS web-based services:
Preliminary Work Map Data
Access preliminary work map data in the formats indicated below.
GIS shapefile format:
- Download directly via public ftp by New Jersey or New York community.
- Shapefiles are also accessible via links in the FEMA Flood Hazard Resources Map and the What is my BFE? tool.
GIS web-based services:
- ESRI REST (View archived historic preliminary work map services here)
- Web Map Service (WMS)
- KML (Viewable in Google Earth)
ABFE Data
Access ABFE map data in the formats indicated below.
GIS shapefile format:
- Download directly via public ftp by New Jersey or NewYork community.
- Shapefiles are also accessible via links in the FEMA Flood Hazard Resources Map and the What is my BFE? tool.
GIS web-based services:
- ABFE ESRI REST (View archived historic preliminary work map services here)
- ABFE Web Map Service (WMS)
- ABFE KML (Viewable in Google Earth)