Becker County, MN flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Becker County sits at the 52.2th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 1 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Becker County's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Becker 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% of all residential structures in Becker County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Becker County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Becker County ranks 1567 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1307 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Becker County, Minnesota covers 1,315.037 square miles and counts roughly 35,444 residents.
Checking a specific address in Becker County
FEMA counts 25,185 residential structures in Becker County overall, 5 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Becker County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Becker 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.