Freestone County, TX: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Freestone County scores at the 47th 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 1 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Freestone County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Freestone 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, 0.4% of all residential structures in Freestone County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Freestone County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Freestone County ranks 1729 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1791 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Freestone County, Texas is home to about 20,645 people across 877.731 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Freestone County
Across all of Freestone County's 8,012 residential structures, 28 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Freestone County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Freestone 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.