Dawes County, NE Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Dawes County, NE flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Dawes County sits at the 6.1th 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 4 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one, FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Dawes County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 154 homes FEMA counts inside Dawes County's mapped flood zone, 11 carry the flood policy federal law requires there, 7.1% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.2% of all residential structures in Dawes County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Dawes County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Dawes County ranks 2961, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 2573 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Dawes County, Nebraska covers 1,396.437 square miles and counts roughly 8,003 residents.
Checking a specific address in Dawes County
Across all of Dawes County's 4,919 residential structures, 12 carry an NFIP policy today, a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Dawes 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.