Finney County, KS: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Finney County scores at the 37.8th 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 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Finney County's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Finney 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 Finney County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Finney County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Finney County ranks 2019 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1224 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Finney County, Kansas covers 1,301.997 square miles and counts roughly 38,354 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Finney County
FEMA counts 11,987 residential structures in Finney County overall, 21 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Finney County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Finney 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.