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FEMA Building Code Adoption Tracking (BCAT) Jurisdiction Feature Service

Current public jurisdiction-level ArcGIS FeatureServer behind FEMA's Building Code Adoption Tracking portal. It covers tracked authorities across the 50 states, District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories and emits …

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What it answers ↓
1Questions answered
19Fields delivered
6Countries
Source CON Adopted building c… FEA Building code edit… FEA Building code weak… FEA Damaging Wind Code… FEA Damaging wind high… FEA Existing building… and many more …

Questions this answers

1 · best fit first
QuestionSupporting fit
Adopted building code editions and amendments

BCAT returns jurisdiction records with building, residential, existing-building, and WUI code descriptors, adoption/weakening narratives, state links, and an as-of value. It lacks complete instruments, amendment text, chronology, and some code families.

Fields it delivers

19 fields
Building code editionBuilding code weakening noteDamaging Wind Code Adoption ClassificationDamaging wind high-risk area indicatorExisting building code editionFlood Code Adoption ClassificationFlood high-risk area indicatorHazard-resistant code adoption classificationHurricane Code Adoption ClassificationHurricane high-risk area indicatorResidential code editionSeismic Code Adoption ClassificationSeismic high-risk area indicatorTornado Code Adoption ClassificationTornado high-risk area indicatorTotal populationWildland Urban Interface Code Adoption ClassificationWildland-urban interface code editionWildland-urban interface high-risk area indicator
CoverageMulti-country

FEMA states BCAT tracks jurisdictions in the 50 states, District of Columbia, and five separately coded U.S. territories.

Access & termsFree

The cited first-party API, download, or public-data page provides a standing no-charge route with no subscription, order form, or purchase step. The cited publisher terms or open-license page governs reuse; optional support or downstream services do not change the source access cost.

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