Oktibbeha County, MS: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Oktibbeha County scores at the 53.2th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively Low" — below the national norm for flood hazard. The hazard here is driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 1.3 times a year. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Oktibbeha County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 849 homes FEMA counts inside Oktibbeha County's mapped flood zone, 202 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 23.8% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 1.7% of all residential structures in Oktibbeha County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Oktibbeha County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Oktibbeha County ranks 1532 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 982 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 51,965 people live in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, spread over 457.626 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Oktibbeha County
Across all of Oktibbeha County's 15,697 residential structures, 266 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Oktibbeha County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.