Free zoning lookup by address
Look up a parcel's zoning district, acreage, flood zone and wildfire risk from an address, then get a go, dig deeper or stop call.
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How do you find the zoning of a property?
Locate the parcel, then query the county or city's public zoning and parcel map layers at that point. This tool does that from an address, adds the flood zone and wildfire risk, and says whether the district name suggests your intended use.
Fill in the prompt
Edit the details in brackets with one address or parcel number and what you want to build, then pick the AI assistant to run it in.
Firecrawl Alexandria runs the lookups
Your assistant calls 7 tools in order, from OpenStreetMap, ArcGIS public GIS layers, USFS Wildfire Risk to Communities and ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), and cites the record behind every figure.
Get the answer
You get the APN, acreage, zoning district, flood zone and wildfire class, what surrounds the lot, and a go, dig deeper or stop call. Anything a source couldn't find is marked, not guessed.
Who is the free zoning lookup by address for?
Anyone sizing up a parcel before paying for surveys.
Developers
Screen sites for zoning, flood zone and wildfire risk before you commit to due diligence.
Land buyers
Check what a lot is zoned for and what surrounds it before you make an offer.
Architects
Confirm the zoning district and hazard layers at the start of a project.
Where does the data come from?
From the sources below, called in order through Firecrawl Alexandria. Each row shows the call's price in credits and its track record across every agent. Empty means the call worked and found nothing.
OpenStreetMapGeocodePrice5 creditsMedian833 msSuccess100%Empty20.2%
ArcGIS public GIS layersSearch datasetsPrice5 creditsMedian145 msSuccess100%Empty24.2%
USFS Wildfire Risk to CommunitiesWildfire risk for geometryPrice5 creditsMedian–Success–Empty–
ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers)Monthly climate historyPrice5 creditsMedian–Success–Empty–
What steps does the assistant follow?
The tool's written instructions: which data source to call at each step, what to pull from it and how to lay out the answer. Copy them into any assistant connected to Firecrawl with an API key to run the tool from your own chat.
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Ready-made prompts for ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants, each backed by the data sources it names.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it work in every county?
- It reads the public parcel and zoning layers that counties and cities publish online. Where a county has no public zoning layer, the screen says so.
- Does it tell me what the zoning allows?
- It names the zoning district and whether the name suggests your intended use. Read the zoning code text itself to confirm.
- Is this tool free?
- Yes. The prompt, the steps and the instructions are free to use. When your assistant runs the tool through Firecrawl Alexandria, each data call bills its listed price in credits, and every data source shows that price before it's called.
- Which AI assistants can run it?
- Any assistant connected to Firecrawl with an API key, including ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Pick one in the prompt box and your request opens there with a link to this tool.
- Do I need to sign up?
- You need a Firecrawl account, with your assistant connected through its API key. Firecrawl Alexandria doesn't run in keyless mode. If your assistant isn't connected yet, the prompt tells it how to set that up. Some data providers ask an admin on your Firecrawl team to accept their terms before the first call.