Hitchcock County, NE Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Hitchcock County, NE: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Hitchcock County scores at the 5.7th 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 2 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Hitchcock County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 58 homes FEMA counts inside Hitchcock County's mapped flood zone, 0 carry the flood policy federal law requires there, 0% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0% of all residential structures in Hitchcock County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Hitchcock County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Hitchcock County ranks 2974, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 2999 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 2,460 people live in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, spread over 709.951 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Hitchcock County
Across all of Hitchcock County's 2,448 residential structures, 0 carry an NFIP policy today, a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Hitchcock 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.