Gordon County, GA: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Gordon County scores at the 62.1th 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 1.2 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 Gordon County
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Gordon County's mapped high-risk flood zone (the Special Flood Hazard Area, or SFHA) are legally required to carry an NFIP flood policy. In practice, 10.4% of them do — 85 active policies against 818 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.5% of all residential structures in Gordon County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Gordon County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Gordon County ranks 1244 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 885 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 60,765 people live in Gordon County, Georgia, spread over 356.457 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Gordon County
Across all of Gordon County's 22,050 residential structures, 103 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Gordon County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.