Piscataquis County, ME: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Piscataquis County scores at the 35.2th 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 2.2 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Piscataquis County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Piscataquis 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, 0.4% of all residential structures in Piscataquis County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Piscataquis County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Piscataquis County ranks 2098 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1956 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Piscataquis County, Maine is home to about 17,432 people across 3,960.847 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Piscataquis County
42 of Piscataquis County's 10,358 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Piscataquis County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Piscataquis 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.