Is Le Flore County, OK in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Le Flore County's flood hazard at the 84.3th percentile nationally — a middling flood hazard by national standards — driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 4.1 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Le Flore County's flood-insurance compliance gap
5% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Le Flore County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 56 policies against 1,123 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Across all residential structures in Le Flore County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.3% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Le Flore County compares nationally
Le Flore County sits at rank 519 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 1013 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Le Flore County, Oklahoma is home to about 49,854 people across 1,589.429 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Le Flore County
Across all of Le Flore County's 22,707 residential structures, 67 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 Le Flore 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.