Faribault County, MN: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Faribault County scores at the 49th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively Low" — below the national norm for flood hazard. 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 once every 1 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Faribault 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, 0.1% of all residential structures in Faribault County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Faribault County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Faribault County ranks 1666 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2168 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Faribault County, Minnesota covers 712.479 square miles and counts roughly 13,886 residents.
Checking a specific address in Faribault County
FEMA counts 8,015 residential structures in Faribault County overall, 9 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Faribault County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Faribault 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.