Choctaw County, OK flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Choctaw County sits at the 26.8th national percentile, among the lowest flood hazard in the country; 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. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Choctaw 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, 0.2% of all residential structures in Choctaw County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Choctaw County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Choctaw County ranks 2350 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2150 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Choctaw County, Oklahoma is home to about 14,174 people across 770.383 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Choctaw County
Across all of Choctaw County's 6,581 residential structures, 11 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Choctaw County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Choctaw 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.