Gaines County, TX flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Gaines County sits at the 30.4th 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 1.9 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Gaines County's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Gaines 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 Gaines County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Gaines County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Gaines County ranks 2246 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1687 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Gaines County, Texas is home to about 22,892 people across 1,502.363 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Gaines County
7 of Gaines County's 6,483 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Gaines County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Gaines 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.