Drew County, AR: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Drew County scores at the 19th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Very Low" — among the lowest flood hazard in the country. 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 1.6 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.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Drew County
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Drew 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, 9.7% of them do — 31 active policies against 321 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.6% of all residential structures in Drew County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Drew County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Drew County ranks 2586 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1982 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Drew County, Arkansas is home to about 16,935 people across 828.667 square miles of land.
Your street may differ from Drew County's average
Across all of Drew County's 5,630 residential structures, 32 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Drew 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.