Piscataquis County, ME Flood Zone & Flood Risk Data
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.