Montmorency County, MI Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
Montmorency County, MI flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Montmorency County sits at the 38.8th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast, FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 14 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
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Montmorency 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 Montmorency County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise, relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Montmorency County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Montmorency County ranks 1988, 1 being the highest hazard nationally, and 2425 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Montmorency County, Michigan is home to about 9,828 people across 546.675 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Montmorency County
FEMA counts 12,031 residential structures in Montmorency County overall, 0 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage, but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Montmorency County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Montmorency 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.