Asheville, North Carolina Flood Zones
Asheville faces flash flooding in the French Broad River valley and mountain stream corridors. The city's location where multiple watersheds converge creates flood risk from heavy rainfall in the surrounding mountains.
Common Flood Zones in Asheville
Properties in Asheville, NC are commonly designated in these FEMA flood zones:
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FEMA assigns flood zone designations to every property in the United States based on flood risk assessments. In Asheville, the most common designations are Zone AE, Zone X.
Properties in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) - zones starting with A or V - are required to carry flood insurance if they have a federally-backed mortgage. Properties in Zone X are outside the SFHA and flood insurance is typically optional but often recommended.
Flood zone designations can change over time through Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letters of Map Revision (LOMR). Use our free lookup tool to check the current flood zone for any Asheville address.