Emery County, UT flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Emery County sits at the 12.4th 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 1.3 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Emery County's mapped flood zone, so a reliable mandatory-compliance percentage can't be computed here — see the data quality guide for why this gap exists for roughly a quarter of US counties. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.2% of all residential structures in Emery County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Emery County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Emery County ranks 2777 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2395 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Emery County, Utah is home to about 10,161 people across 4,462.635 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Emery County
8 of Emery County's 4,254 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Emery County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Emery County's compliance figure is one of the ones affected by FEMA's incomplete denominator data — the data quality guide explains what that means and how many counties it touches.