Know your new home before you arrive: flood zone, school district, hazards, water and air
LocateFlow's New Home Dossier compiles the public record on your next address - flood zone, 18-hazard profile, school district, drinking-water record, radon zone and moving-day weather - before you arrive.
Most people meet their new neighborhood twice: once on a sunny open-house afternoon, and once on moving day. Everything else - the flood map, the school district line, the water system's record - usually surfaces after the boxes are unpacked.
LocateFlow now compiles that picture for you before you arrive. Add your new address and the New Home Dossier pulls together what public agencies already know about it:
Flood zone (FEMA). Your address's flood-map zone in plain English - and whether it sits in a high-risk area where lenders typically require flood insurance. Informational, straight from FEMA flood maps; never an insurance determination.
Natural hazard profile (FEMA National Risk Index). The relative, tract-level picture across 18 hazards - hurricanes, wildfire, winter storms, earthquakes - so a Texan moving to Colorado knows hail is the new neighbor, not hurricanes. Context, not a property score.
School district (NCES). Which district serves the address. School assignment can differ from district boundaries, so we say exactly that.
Drinking water record (EPA). The community water system serving your area and its health-based violation record over the last five years. Zero violations? We tell you that, too.
Radon zone (EPA). County-level radon potential - plus the honest advice every expert gives: test regardless of zone. A kit costs about $15.
Moving-day weather (National Weather Service). When your move is under a week away, the dossier shows the forecast for the day - and if rain looks likely, we nudge you to protect the boxes.
Every line names its source, and every line is context, not a verdict. We do not score homes and we never log into anything on your behalf - this is public data, organized around the one address that suddenly matters most to you.
The New Home Dossier is included with Individual, Family and Pro plans, on web and mobile. Free users can see exactly what is waiting behind the lock - honestly labeled, as always.
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