Judith Basin County, MT flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Judith Basin County sits at the 12.6th 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 5 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Judith Basin County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Judith Basin 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% of all residential structures in Judith Basin County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Judith Basin County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Judith Basin County ranks 2772 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 3034 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Judith Basin County, Montana is home to about 2,111 people across 1,869.687 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Judith Basin County
Across all of Judith Basin County's 3,000 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 Judith Basin County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Judith Basin 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.