Gray County, KS: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Gray County scores at the 10.2th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Very Low" — among the lowest flood hazard in the country. 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 3 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 Gray County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Gray 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 Gray County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Gray County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Gray County ranks 2841 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2759 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Gray County, Kansas covers 868.867 square miles and counts roughly 5,730 residents.
Your street may differ from Gray County's average
2 of Gray County's 2,715 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Gray County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Gray 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.