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.