How much flood risk does Little River County actually carry?
Little River County lands at the 44.1th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Relatively Low" territory — below the national norm for flood hazard — with the hazard driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 1 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Little River County
Little River County is one of the counties where FEMA's own denominator for mandated flood-zone structures is missing, so no compliance rate is shown rather than a guessed one — the data quality guide covers how common this is. Across all residential structures in Little River County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.1% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Little River County compares nationally
Little River County sits at rank 1818 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2308 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Little River County, Arkansas is home to about 11,626 people across 531.255 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Little River County
4 of Little River County's 6,187 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Little River County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Little River County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.