Loving County, TX flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Loving County sits at the 0.2th national percentile, among the lowest flood hazard in the country; 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 Loving County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Loving 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 Loving County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Loving County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Loving County ranks 3140 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 3144 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Loving County, Texas is home to about 48 people across 668.818 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Loving County
Across all of Loving County's 66 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 Loving County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Loving 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.