Crisp County, GA: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Crisp County scores at the 56.7th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively Low" — below the national norm for flood hazard. The hazard here is 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. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Out of 670 homes FEMA counts inside Crisp County's mapped flood zone, 145 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 21.6% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 1.9% of all residential structures in Crisp County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Crisp County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Crisp County ranks 1426 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1860 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Crisp County, Georgia is home to about 19,468 people across 272.682 square miles of land.
Your street may differ from Crisp County's average
Across all of Crisp County's 9,124 residential structures, 174 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Crisp 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.