Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Lake and Peninsula Borough scores at the 0.2th percentile for flood hazard, rated "No Rating" — not rated by FEMA’s risk index. The hazard here is split between inland river flooding (about once every 100 years) and coastal storm surge (about once every 100 years). That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Lake and Peninsula Borough's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 1 homes FEMA counts inside Lake and Peninsula Borough's mapped flood zone, 0 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 0% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0% of all residential structures in Lake and Peninsula Borough carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Lake and Peninsula Borough ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Lake and Peninsula Borough ranks 3139 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 3090 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 1,315 people live in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, spread over 23,896.583 square miles.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Lake and Peninsula Borough
Across all of Lake and Peninsula Borough's 1,196 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 Lake and Peninsula Borough's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Lake and Peninsula Borough's coastal exposure is covered in the coastal vs. inland flood risk guide, including how storm surge risk differs from river flooding.