Boyle County, KY Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Boyle County, KY flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Boyle County sits at the 43.2th 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 2 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Out of 155 homes FEMA counts inside Boyle County's mapped flood zone, 62 carry the flood policy federal law requires there, 40% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.8% of all residential structures in Boyle County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Boyle County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Boyle County ranks 1846, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 1405 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 31,394 people live in Boyle County, Kentucky, spread over 180.336 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Boyle County
Across all of Boyle County's 10,587 residential structures, 80 carry an NFIP policy today, a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Boyle 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.