How much flood risk does Brooks County actually carry?
Brooks County lands at the 31.1th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Very Low" territory — among the lowest flood hazard in the country — with the 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. 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 Brooks County
8.5% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Brooks County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 11 policies against 130 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Across all residential structures in Brooks County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.2% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Brooks County compares nationally
Brooks County sits at rank 2225 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2013 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). About 16,344 people live in Brooks County, Georgia, spread over 493.184 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Brooks County
17 of Brooks County's 7,931 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Brooks County's numbers. The guide to what the Special Flood Hazard Area actually means explains why the mandatory-insurance rule exists and who it applies to.