Is Burnett County, WI in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Burnett County's flood hazard at the 55.5th percentile nationally — 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 4 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Burnett County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Burnett County's mapped high-risk flood zone (the Special Flood Hazard Area, or SFHA) are legally required to carry an NFIP flood policy. In practice, 5.9% of them do — 58 active policies against 988 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Across all residential structures in Burnett County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.4% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Burnett County compares nationally
Burnett County sits at rank 1464 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 1965 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Burnett County, Wisconsin covers 821.596 square miles and counts roughly 17,187 residents.
Checking a specific address in Burnett County
68 of Burnett County's 15,290 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 Burnett 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.