Flood Information

This page the information outlines Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area within the City of Milpitas.

Approximately one-quarter of the City of Milpitas is located within a mapped Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) where property is subject to flooding one time every one hundred years, or a 1% chance of being inundated. Development and construction within SFHA is regulated by FEMA and by the City’s Floodplain Management Ordinance.

View the full map to help identify property located within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area within the City of Milpitas.

You can also view Historical Flood Maps here. 

For more information on development requirements within the SFHA and to determine if the City has an Elevation Certificate on-file for your property, contact the City Engineering Department, Land Development Principal Civil Engineer (408)-586-3316.