Hyde County, NC flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Hyde County sits at the 84.4th national percentile, well above the national norm for flood hazard; driven by coastal storm surge rather than inland rivers — FEMA's model puts a surge event here at about 1.7 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.
Hyde County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 2,317 homes FEMA counts inside Hyde County's mapped flood zone, 920 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 39.7% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 32.7% of all residential structures in Hyde County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Hyde County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Hyde County ranks 516 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2851 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Hyde County, North Carolina covers 612.342 square miles and counts roughly 4,583 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Hyde County
Across all of Hyde County's 3,029 residential structures, 989 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Hyde County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Hyde County's coastal exposure is covered in the coastal vs. inland flood risk guide, including how storm surge risk differs from river flooding.