How much flood risk does Crawford County actually carry?
Crawford County lands at the 56.1th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Relatively Low" territory — below the national norm for flood hazard — with the hazard driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 2.5 times a year. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Crawford 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, 9.6% of them do — 65 active policies against 676 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Across all residential structures in Crawford County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 1% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Crawford County against the rest of the country
Crawford County sits at rank 1444 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2035 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Crawford County, Wisconsin covers 570.805 square miles and counts roughly 16,008 residents.
Your street may differ from Crawford County's average
Across all of Crawford County's 6,949 residential structures, 72 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Crawford 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.