Albany County, WY: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Albany County scores at the 44.1th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively Low" — below the national norm for flood hazard. The hazard here is driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 2 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Albany County
7.2% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Albany County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 33 policies against 456 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.4% of all residential structures in Albany County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Albany County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Albany County ranks 1817 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1201 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Albany County, Wyoming is home to about 39,288 people across 4,274.175 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Albany County
Across all of Albany County's 15,022 residential structures, 52 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Albany County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.