Guadalupe County, NM Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Guadalupe County, NM flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Guadalupe County sits at the 29.9th 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 once every 2 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Guadalupe County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Guadalupe County ranks 2262, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 2863 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 4,385 people live in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, spread over 3,029.772 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Guadalupe County
FEMA counts 2,058 residential structures in Guadalupe County overall, 1 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage, but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Guadalupe County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Guadalupe 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.