Is Crawford County, IA in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Crawford County's flood hazard at the 56.1th 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 1 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Crawford County
Crawford County is one of the counties where FEMA's own denominator for mandated flood-zone structures is missing, so no compliance rate is shown rather than a guessed one — the data quality guide covers how common this is. Across all residential structures in Crawford County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Where Crawford County ranks
Crawford County sits at rank 1443 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2012 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Crawford County, Iowa covers 714.198 square miles and counts roughly 16,378 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Crawford County
FEMA counts 19,871 residential structures in Crawford County overall, 2 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Crawford County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Crawford County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.