Is Juneau County, WI in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Juneau County's flood hazard at the 70.7th percentile nationally — 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. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Juneau County
Out of 334 homes FEMA counts inside Juneau County's mapped flood zone, 51 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 15.3% compliance, short of full coverage. Across all residential structures in Juneau County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.5% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Juneau County compares nationally
Juneau County sits at rank 960 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 1553 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Juneau County, Wisconsin is home to about 26,590 people across 767.081 square miles of land.
Your street may differ from Juneau County's average
Across all of Juneau County's 13,137 residential structures, 65 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Juneau County's numbers. The guide to what the Special Flood Hazard Area actually means explains why the mandatory-insurance rule exists and who it applies to.