Is Mitchell County, KS in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Mitchell County's flood hazard at the 21.2th percentile nationally — 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 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Mitchell 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 Mitchell 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.
Mitchell County against the rest of the country
Mitchell County sits at rank 2519 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2749 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). About 5,803 people live in Mitchell County, Kansas, spread over 701.792 square miles.
Your street may differ from Mitchell County's average
FEMA counts 4,179 residential structures in Mitchell County overall, 6 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Mitchell County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Mitchell County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.