Is Outagamie County, WI in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Outagamie County's flood hazard at the 77.1th percentile nationally — a middling flood hazard by national standards — 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.
Outagamie County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Outagamie County's mapped high-risk flood zone (the Special Flood Hazard Area, or SFHA) are legally required to carry an NFIP flood policy. In practice, 33.7% of them do — 89 active policies against 264 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Across all residential structures in Outagamie County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.3% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Outagamie County compares nationally
Outagamie County sits at rank 751 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 364 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Outagamie County, Wisconsin is home to about 195,390 people across 637.557 square miles of land.
Your street may differ from Outagamie County's average
165 of Outagamie County's 53,798 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Outagamie County's numbers. The guide to what the Special Flood Hazard Area actually means explains why the mandatory-insurance rule exists and who it applies to.