Pope County, IL flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Pope County sits at the 17.2th national percentile, 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 2.5 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Pope County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Pope 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% of all residential structures in Pope County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Pope County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Pope County ranks 2638 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2908 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 3,703 people live in Pope County, Illinois, spread over 368.867 square miles.
Your street may differ from Pope County's average
0 of Pope County's 2,292 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Pope County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Pope 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.