Florida Potential Storm Surge Maps

Use storm surge information to:

Storm surge information is available for the entire state of Florida using our interactive web mapping application called Florida Maps Online.

You can quickly and easily determine your storm surge risk using our service:

Search by street address, parcel id, or parcel owner name.
In the Map Layers menu on the left, scroll down to find the Hazards folder, open it and turn on the Storm Surge map layer.
Review whether your property falls within a surge zone zone.
Select the "i" tool button in the toolbar above the map, and click on the map to get more information.
Select the map legend button to see what the map colors mean.
Pan around to view neighboring areas.
View additional layers such as elevation contours, wetlands and hydric soils. Turn these on in the Map Layers menu.
Print a map.

Available Storm Surge Map Layers

Description: Potential storm surge flooding from tropical storms and hurricanes. Note that these maps are based on elevation data from the 1970s and 1980s and models run in the early 1990s. They should only be used as a very general guide regarding what areas may be flooded with a given storm surge range. The Florida Department of Emergency Management is currently working on updating these maps for the entire coast of Florida using recent high-resolution elevation data (LIDAR) and updated models.
Usable Map Scale Range: 1:24,000 to 1:500,000
Available Counties and Year: All coastal counties including: Bay, Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, and Walton.

NOAA is the ultimate authority on storm surge. NOAA provides an excellent overview of storm surge on their website.