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.