Presque Isle County, MI flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Presque Isle County sits at the 44th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 100 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Presque Isle County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Presque Isle County ranks 1822 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2208 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Presque Isle County, Michigan covers 658.719 square miles and counts roughly 13,230 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Presque Isle County
0 of Presque Isle County's 13,178 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Presque Isle County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Presque Isle 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.