How much flood risk does Pasquotank County actually carry?
Pasquotank County lands at the 63.4th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "Relatively Moderate" territory — a middling flood hazard by national standards — with the hazard driven by coastal storm surge rather than inland rivers — FEMA's model puts a surge event here at about 3.2 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.
Pasquotank County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Pasquotank 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, 54.1% of them do — 1,223 active policies against 2,261 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Across all residential structures in Pasquotank County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 11% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Pasquotank County against the rest of the country
Pasquotank County sits at rank 1203 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 1164 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Pasquotank County, North Carolina covers 226.878 square miles and counts roughly 41,418 residents.
Checking a specific address in Pasquotank County
1,712 of Pasquotank County's 15,549 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 Pasquotank County's numbers. Because storm surge plays a real role here, the guide to coastal vs. inland flood hazard is worth reading alongside this page.