Auglaize County, OH: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Auglaize County scores at the 55.5th 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 1.9 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Auglaize County's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Auglaize County's mapped flood zone, so a reliable mandatory-compliance percentage can't be computed here — see the data quality guide for why this gap exists for roughly a quarter of US counties. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.6% of all residential structures in Auglaize County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Auglaize County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Auglaize County ranks 1462 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1073 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Auglaize County, Ohio is home to about 45,922 people across 401.388 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Auglaize County
Across all of Auglaize County's 18,378 residential structures, 116 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Auglaize County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Auglaize County's compliance figure is one of the ones affected by FEMA's incomplete denominator data — the data quality guide explains what that means and how many counties it touches.