diff --git a/client/cypress/integration/LegacyTests/mapZoomLatLong.spec.js b/client/cypress/integration/LegacyTests/mapZoomLatLong.spec.js
index 4e723d31..46ca7903 100644
--- a/client/cypress/integration/LegacyTests/mapZoomLatLong.spec.js
+++ b/client/cypress/integration/LegacyTests/mapZoomLatLong.spec.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('Does the map zoom and adjust to lat/long correctly?', () => {
     cy.url().should('include', '#3');
   });
   it('should change to level 4 when you hit the zoom button', () => {
-    cy.get('.mapboxgl-ctrl-icon.mapboxgl-ctrl-zoom-in').click();
+    cy.get('.mapboxgl-ctrl-icon.mapboxgl-ctrl-zoom-in').click({force: true});
     cy.url().should('include', '#4');
   });
   it('should show the correct lat/lng coordinates in the URL',
diff --git a/client/src/components/J40Map.module.scss b/client/src/components/J40Map.module.scss
index 5fa1d9fb..a500ef7c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/J40Map.module.scss
+++ b/client/src/components/J40Map.module.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@use '../styles/design-system.scss' as *;
 @import "./utils.scss";
 
 .j40Popup {
@@ -5,8 +6,8 @@
 }
 
 .navigationControl {
-  left: 1.25em;
-  top: 2.5em;
+  left: .75em;
+  top: units(15);
   width: 2.5em;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/J40Map.tsx b/client/src/components/J40Map.tsx
index f77ad518..ef0cb021 100644
--- a/client/src/components/J40Map.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/J40Map.tsx
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import {useWindowSize} from 'react-use';
 import {useFlags} from '../contexts/FlagContext';
 
 // Components:
-import TerritoryFocusControl from './territoryFocusControl';
-import MapInfoPanel from './mapInfoPanel';
 import AreaDetail from './AreaDetail';
+import MapInfoPanel from './mapInfoPanel';
+import MapSearch from './MapSearch';
+import TerritoryFocusControl from './territoryFocusControl';
 
 // Styles and constants
 import {makeMapStyle} from '../data/mapStyle';
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export interface IDetailViewInterface {
   properties: constants.J40Properties,
 };
 
+
 const J40Map = ({location}: IJ40Interface) => {
   // Hash portion of URL is of the form #zoom/lat/lng
   const [zoom, lat, lng] = location.hash.slice(1).split('/');
@@ -176,6 +178,23 @@ const J40Map = ({location}: IJ40Interface) => {
   return (
     <>
       <Grid col={12} desktop={{col: 9}}>
+
+        {/*
+          The MapSearch component is wrapped in a div in order for MapSearch to render correctly in a production build.
+
+          When the MapSearch component is placed behind a feature flag without a div wrapping
+          MapSearch, the production build will inject CSS due to the null in the false conditional
+          case. Any changes to this (ie, changes to MapSearch or removing feature flag, etc), should
+          be tested with a production build via:
+
+          npm run clean && npm run build && npm run serve
+
+          to ensure the production build works and that MapSearch and the map (ReactMapGL) render correctly.
+        */}
+        <div>
+          {'sr' in flags ? <MapSearch goToPlace={goToPlace}/> : null}
+        </div>
+
         <ReactMapGL
           {...viewport}
           mapStyle={makeMapStyle(flags)}
@@ -256,6 +275,7 @@ const J40Map = ({location}: IJ40Interface) => {
           {geolocationInProgress ? <div>Geolocation in progress...</div> : ''}
           <TerritoryFocusControl onClickTerritoryFocusButton={onClickTerritoryFocusButton}/>
           {'fs' in flags ? <FullscreenControl className={styles.fullscreenControl}/> :'' }
+
         </ReactMapGL>
       </Grid>
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.module.scss b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.module.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b11b63ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.module.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@use '../../styles/design-system.scss' as *;
+
+.mapSearchContainer {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: units(4);
+    left: units(1.5);
+    width: 50%;
+    z-index: 1;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.module.scss.d.ts b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.module.scss.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c5d4ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.module.scss.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+declare namespace MapSearchModuleScssNamespace {
+    export interface IMapSearchModuleScss {
+      mapSearchContainer: string;
+    }
+  }
+
+declare const MapSearchModuleScssModule: MapSearchModuleScssNamespace.IMapSearchModuleScss & {
+    /** WARNING: Only available when `css-loader` is used without `style-loader` or `mini-css-extract-plugin` */
+    locals: MapSearchModuleScssNamespace.IMapSearchModuleScss;
+  };
+
+  export = MapSearchModuleScssModule;
+
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.test.tsx b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc5d29bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {render} from '@testing-library/react';
+import {LocalizedComponent} from '../../test/testHelpers';
+import MapSearch from './MapSearch';
+
+describe('rendering of the MapSearch', () => {
+  const mockGoToPlace = jest.fn((x) => x);
+
+  const {asFragment} = render(
+      <LocalizedComponent>
+        <MapSearch goToPlace={mockGoToPlace}/>
+      </LocalizedComponent>,
+  );
+
+  it('checks if component renders', () => {
+    expect(asFragment()).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.tsx b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..851256a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearch/MapSearch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import React, {useState} from 'react';
+import {LngLatBoundsLike} from 'mapbox-gl';
+import {useIntl} from 'gatsby-plugin-intl';
+import {Search} from '@trussworks/react-uswds';
+
+import MapSearchMessage from '../MapSearchMessage';
+
+import * as styles from './MapSearch.module.scss';
+import * as EXPLORE_COPY from '../../data/copy/explore';
+
+interface IMapSearch {
+  goToPlace(bounds: LngLatBoundsLike):void;
+}
+
+const MapSearch = ({goToPlace}:IMapSearch) => {
+  // State to hold if the search results are empty or not:
+  const [isSearchResultsNull, setIsSearchResultsNull] = useState(false);
+  const intl = useIntl();
+
+  /*
+    onSearchHandler will
+     1. extract the search term from the input field
+     2. fetch data from the API and return the results as JSON and results to US only
+     3. if data is valid, destructure the boundingBox values from the search results
+     4. pan the map to that location
+  */
+  const onSearchHandler = async (event: React.FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    const searchTerm = (event.currentTarget.elements.namedItem('search') as HTMLInputElement).value;
+
+    const searchResults = await fetch(
+        `https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=${searchTerm}&format=json&countrycodes=us`,
+        {
+          mode: 'cors',
+        })
+        .then((response) => {
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error('Network response was not OK');
+          }
+          return response.json();
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          console.error('There has been a problem with your fetch operation:', error);
+        });
+
+
+    // If results are valid, set isSearchResultsNull to false and pan map to location:
+    if (searchResults && searchResults.length > 0) {
+      setIsSearchResultsNull(false);
+      console.log('Nominatum search results: ', searchResults);
+
+      const [latMin, latMax, longMin, longMax] = searchResults[0].boundingbox;
+      goToPlace([[Number(longMin), Number(latMin)], [Number(longMax), Number(latMax)]]);
+    } else {
+      setIsSearchResultsNull(true);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.mapSearchContainer}>
+      <MapSearchMessage isSearchResultsNull={isSearchResultsNull} />
+      <Search
+        placeholder={intl.formatMessage(EXPLORE_COPY.MAP.SEARCH_PLACEHOLDER)}
+        size="small"
+        onSubmit={(e) => onSearchHandler(e)}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default MapSearch;
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearch/__snapshots__/MapSearch.test.tsx.snap b/client/src/components/MapSearch/__snapshots__/MapSearch.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fb67c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearch/__snapshots__/MapSearch.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`rendering of the MapSearch checks if component renders 1`] = `
+<DocumentFragment>
+  <div>
+    <div>
+      No location found. Please try another location.
+    </div>
+    <form
+      class="usa-search usa-search--small"
+      data-testid="form"
+      role="search"
+    >
+      <label
+        class="usa-sr-only"
+        data-testid="label"
+        for="search-field"
+      >
+        Search
+      </label>
+      <input
+        class="usa-input"
+        data-testid="textInput"
+        id="search-field"
+        name="search"
+        placeholder="Enter a city, state or ZIP"
+        type="search"
+      />
+      <button
+        class="usa-button"
+        data-testid="button"
+        type="submit"
+      >
+        <span
+          class="usa-sr-only"
+        >
+          Search
+        </span>
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  </div>
+</DocumentFragment>
+`;
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearch/index.tsx b/client/src/components/MapSearch/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d147e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearch/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import MapSearch from './MapSearch';
+
+export default MapSearch;
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.module.scss b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.module.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..deb31629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.module.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+@use '../../styles/design-system.scss' as *;
+
+@mixin searchMessageLayout {
+    color: red;
+    background-color: white;
+    @include u-margin-bottom(.5);
+    @include u-padding-left(1);
+}
+
+.showMessage {
+    @include searchMessageLayout;
+    display: block;
+}
+
+.hideMessage {
+    @include searchMessageLayout;
+    visibility: hidden;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.module.scss.d.ts b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.module.scss.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf78bae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.module.scss.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+declare namespace MapSearchMessageModuleScssNamespace {
+    export interface IMapSearchMessageModuleScss {
+      showMessage: string;
+      hideMessage: string;
+    }
+  }
+
+declare const MapSearchMessageModuleScssModule: MapSearchMessageModuleScssNamespace.IMapSearchMessageModuleScss & {
+    /** WARNING: Only available when `css-loader` is used without `style-loader` or `mini-css-extract-plugin` */
+    locals: MapSearchMessageModuleScssNamespace.IMapSearchMessageModuleScss;
+  };
+
+  export = MapSearchMessageModuleScssModule;
+
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.test.tsx b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c28355b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {render} from '@testing-library/react';
+import {LocalizedComponent} from '../../test/testHelpers';
+import MapSearchMessage from './MapSearchMessage';
+
+describe('rendering of the MapSearchMessage when search results are empty', () => {
+  const {asFragment} = render(
+      <LocalizedComponent>
+        <MapSearchMessage isSearchEmpty={true}/>
+      </LocalizedComponent>,
+  );
+
+  it('checks if component renders', () => {
+    expect(asFragment()).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('rendering of the MapSearchMessage when search results are not empty', () => {
+  const {asFragment} = render(
+      <LocalizedComponent>
+        <MapSearchMessage isSearchEmpty={false}/>
+      </LocalizedComponent>,
+  );
+
+  it('checks if component renders', () => {
+    expect(asFragment()).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.tsx b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..802599db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/MapSearchMessage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {useIntl} from 'gatsby-plugin-intl';
+
+import * as EXPLORE_COPY from '../../data/copy/explore';
+import * as styles from './MapSearchMessage.module.scss';
+
+interface ISearchMessage {
+    isSearchResultsNull: boolean;
+};
+
+const MapSearchMessage = ({isSearchResultsNull}:ISearchMessage) => {
+  const intl = useIntl();
+
+  return (
+    <div className={isSearchResultsNull ? styles.showMessage : styles.hideMessage}>
+      {intl.formatMessage(EXPLORE_COPY.MAP.SEARCH_RESULTS_EMPTY_MESSAGE)}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default MapSearchMessage;
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/__snapshots__/MapSearchMessage.test.tsx.snap b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/__snapshots__/MapSearchMessage.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0e92294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/__snapshots__/MapSearchMessage.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`rendering of the MapSearchMessage when search results are empty checks if component renders 1`] = `
+<DocumentFragment>
+  <div>
+    No location found. Please try another location.
+  </div>
+</DocumentFragment>
+`;
+
+exports[`rendering of the MapSearchMessage when search results are not empty checks if component renders 1`] = `<DocumentFragment />`;
diff --git a/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/index.tsx b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..412f96b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/MapSearchMessage/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import MapSearchMessage from './MapSearchMessage';
+
+export default MapSearchMessage;
diff --git a/client/src/components/layout.tsx b/client/src/components/layout.tsx
index 5fd78d59..7a7baef2 100644
--- a/client/src/components/layout.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/layout.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {URLFlagProvider} from '../contexts/FlagContext';
 
 import J40Header from './J40Header';
 import J40Footer from './J40Footer';
+
 interface ILayoutProps {
   children: ReactNode,
   location: Location,
diff --git a/client/src/components/territoryFocusControl.module.scss b/client/src/components/territoryFocusControl.module.scss
index a1932560..31f215da 100644
--- a/client/src/components/territoryFocusControl.module.scss
+++ b/client/src/components/territoryFocusControl.module.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+@use '../styles/design-system.scss' as *;
+
 .territoryFocusContainer {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   position: absolute;
-  left: 20px;
-  top: 150px;
+  left: .75em;
+  top: units(card-lg);
   z-index: 10;
 }
diff --git a/client/src/data/copy/explore.tsx b/client/src/data/copy/explore.tsx
index 82f2c51e..0e7bd75c 100644
--- a/client/src/data/copy/explore.tsx
+++ b/client/src/data/copy/explore.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ export const MAP = defineMessages({
     defaultMessage: 'Puerto Rico',
     description: 'The full name indicating the bounds of Puerto Rico',
   },
+  SEARCH_PLACEHOLDER: {
+    id: 'map.search.placeholder.text',
+    defaultMessage: 'Enter a city, state or ZIP',
+    description: 'placeholder text for search',
+  },
+  SEARCH_RESULTS_EMPTY_MESSAGE: {
+    id: 'map.search.results.empty.text',
+    defaultMessage: 'No location found. Please try another location.',
+    description: 'text displaying message for no search results found',
+  },
 });
 
 // Side Panel copy