McIntosh County, ND flood risk explained
Flood hazard in McIntosh County sits at the 10.8th 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 7 years. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for McIntosh 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, 0.1% of all residential structures in McIntosh County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where McIntosh County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, McIntosh County ranks 2824 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2998 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 2,461 people live in McIntosh County, North Dakota, spread over 974.563 square miles.
Checking a specific address in McIntosh County
FEMA counts 1,661 residential structures in McIntosh County overall, 2 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where McIntosh County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. McIntosh 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.