Huron County, OH Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Huron County, OH flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Huron County sits at the 60.5th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast, FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 1.1 times a year. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one, FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Huron County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 185 homes FEMA counts inside Huron County's mapped flood zone, 34 carry the flood policy federal law requires there, 18.4% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.3% of all residential structures in Huron County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Huron County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Huron County ranks 1299, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 911 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Huron County, Ohio is home to about 58,168 people across 492.244 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Huron County
60 of Huron County's 22,767 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count, useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Huron 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.