Kiowa County, CO: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Kiowa County scores at the 4.8th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Very Low" — among the lowest flood hazard in the country. The hazard here is driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 3 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Kiowa County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Kiowa 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 Kiowa County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Kiowa County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Kiowa County ranks 3001 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 3085 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Kiowa County, Colorado is home to about 1,392 people across 1,767.809 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Kiowa County
FEMA counts 749 residential structures in Kiowa County overall, 0 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Kiowa County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Kiowa 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.