Is Parke County, IN in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Parke County's flood hazard at the 34.4th 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 4 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Parke County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Parke 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, 7.4% of them do — 14 active policies against 189 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Across all residential structures in Parke County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.2% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Where Parke County ranks
Parke County sits at rank 2125 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2004 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Parke County, Indiana covers 444.725 square miles and counts roughly 16,508 residents.
Checking a specific address in Parke County
Across all of Parke County's 7,903 residential structures, 16 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Parke 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.