How much flood risk does Golden Valley County actually carry?
Golden Valley County lands at the 5.6th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Very Low" territory — among the lowest flood hazard in the country — with the hazard 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. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Golden Valley County
Golden Valley County is one of the counties where FEMA's own denominator for mandated flood-zone structures is missing, so no compliance rate is shown rather than a guessed one — the data quality guide covers how common this is. Across all residential structures in Golden Valley County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.1% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Golden Valley County against the rest of the country
Golden Valley County sits at rank 2977 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 3114 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). About 863 people live in Golden Valley County, Montana, spread over 1,174.423 square miles.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Golden Valley County
1 of Golden Valley County's 915 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Golden Valley County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Golden Valley County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.