Clearwater County, MN Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Clearwater County, MN flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Clearwater County sits at the 10.9th 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 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street, FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Clearwater County's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Clearwater 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 Clearwater County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Clearwater County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Clearwater County ranks 2820, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 2521 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Clearwater County, Minnesota is home to about 8,630 people across 999.003 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Clearwater County
0 of Clearwater County's 4,142 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count, useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Clearwater County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Clearwater 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.