How much flood risk does Deuel County actually carry?
Deuel County lands at the 3.5th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Very Low" territory — among the lowest flood hazard in the country — with the hazard driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 6 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Deuel County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Deuel 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 Deuel County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.5% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Deuel County compares nationally
Deuel County sits at rank 3040 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 3046 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). About 1,892 people live in Deuel County, Nebraska, spread over 439.825 square miles.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Deuel County
FEMA counts 1,493 residential structures in Deuel County overall, 8 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 Deuel County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Deuel County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.