FloodZoneCheck

Kewaunee County, WI: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers

On FEMA's National Risk Index, Kewaunee County scores at the 30.2th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Very Low" — among the lowest flood hazard in the country. The hazard here is split between inland river flooding (about once every 1 years) and coastal storm surge (about once every 65 years). County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.

Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires

FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Kewaunee 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, 0.3% of all residential structures in Kewaunee County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.

Kewaunee County against the rest of the country

Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Kewaunee County ranks 2251 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1784 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 20,751 people live in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, spread over 342.453 square miles.

Your street may differ from Kewaunee County's average

FEMA counts 8,163 residential structures in Kewaunee County overall, 28 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.

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Where Kewaunee County's figures come from

Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Kewaunee 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.