Colquitt County, GA flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Colquitt County sits at the 59.6th 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 3 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Colquitt County
11.1% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Colquitt County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 50 policies against 451 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.4% of all residential structures in Colquitt County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Colquitt County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Colquitt County ranks 1328 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1050 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Colquitt County, Georgia is home to about 46,977 people across 547.067 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Colquitt County
Across all of Colquitt County's 19,009 residential structures, 66 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Colquitt 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.