ScopeOut is a free address-intelligence map for Florida. Type any Florida address into the search bar above and the map assembles the picture that listing sites leave out: the FEMA flood zone, recent crime around the property, open code-enforcement cases on the block, school grades, traffic crash hotspots, and dozens of other signals that determine what it is actually like to live — or invest — at that address. Everything renders on one interactive map, so you can compare one block against the next without opening ten county portals in ten browser tabs.
The crime layers plot violent crime, property crime, and other incidents reported by Florida law-enforcement agencies as heatmaps, so density patterns jump out at a glance. The demolitions layer overlays open code-enforcement cases and demolition permits — a useful early signal of blocks where properties are being neglected or condemned. Flood zones come straight from FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer, which drives whether a lender will require flood insurance and roughly what it will cost. Florida-specific hazards get their own layers: reported sinkholes and subsidence incidents from the Florida Geological Survey, toxic and contaminated sites from the EPA and FDEP cleanup programs, serious traffic crashes from FDOT, hurricane evacuation zones, and FAA airport noise contours where aircraft noise exceeds the 65 DNL disclosure threshold.
The schools layer maps public and private schools alongside their FLDOE letter grades, so "near a good school" stops being a guess. Amenity layers cover grocery stores, hospitals, urgent care, fire and police stations, parks, restaurants, libraries, and places of worship — the everyday infrastructure that shapes a neighborhood. Transit layers show bus routes, bus stops, and bike paths, and a built-in route explorer estimates walking, biking, and driving times to any destination you care about.
Licensed short-term vacation rentals from the Florida DBPR reveal how much of a street has turned into Airbnb inventory. HUD layers show subsidized and Section 8 housing nearby. Treatment centers for mental health and substance abuse come from federal SAMHSA data. And census-tract demographics — median income, rent, home values, poverty, unemployment, and SNAP participation — put hard numbers behind your first impression of an area.
Buying: Looking at a $400k listing in Tampa? One search shows the FEMA flood zone, 12 months of crime within a half mile, the nearest A-rated school, and any open code-enforcement cases on the block — before you book the showing, and before you find out the flood insurance quote doubles your escrow.
Investing: Evaluating a duplex in Daytona Beach? Toggle the rent-to-price layer to see how the tract cash-flows, check licensed vacation rentals on the street, scan code-enforcement cases for deferred-maintenance neighbors, and confirm the parcel isn't sitting in a sinkhole cluster or next to a contaminated site.
Every layer is built from public government and agency sources — FEMA, FDOT, FDEP, FLDOE, DBPR, HUD, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Florida county and city open-data portals — and the underlying datasets refresh automatically on a regular schedule, so what you see reflects current agency records rather than a one-time snapshot.
New here? Start with the user guide for a tour of the layers, read how our scores are calculated, or learn more about ScopeOut. Then scroll up, type an address, and see what the listing didn't mention.