{"id":"07881e31-7fc7-40f4-ace5-b45078a82557","task":"Determine flood zone classification for a property using the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer","domain":"fema.gov","steps":["Geocode the property address to a latitude/longitude coordinate pair using a geocoding service; accuracy to street-level is required for meaningful flood zone results","Query the FEMA NFHL ArcGIS REST API at the S_Fld_Haz_Ar (Special Flood Hazard Area) layer endpoint, passing the coordinate as a point geometry with the appropriate spatial reference (WKID 4326 for WGS84)","Parse the fld_zone field in the response: zones beginning with 'A' or 'V' indicate Special Flood Hazard Areas (high risk, 1% annual chance); zone 'X' indicates moderate or minimal risk; 'D' indicates undetermined risk","Also read the floodway and BFE (Base Flood Elevation) fields where present to support underwriting decisions or mandatory purchase requirement determinations","Cache results with the DFIRM panel ID and effective date; re-query when a LOMA (Letter of Map Amendment) or map revision may have updated the panel"],"gotchas":["NFHL digital data covers over 90% of the U.S. population but not all parcels; a null response does not mean low risk—it may mean the area has not been mapped, and you must flag it accordingly","Point-in-polygon queries are sensitive to coordinate precision; a parcel near a flood zone boundary may return different results depending on whether the centroid or a specific corner is used—consider querying the full parcel polygon","FEMA map panels are updated on a rolling basis; the effective date field in the response indicates when the panel was last revised, and a newly issued Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) may supersede cached results"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T00:25:16.575Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:41:57.021Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/07881e31-7fc7-40f4-ace5-b45078a82557"}