How much flood risk does Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area actually carry?
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area lands at the 3.8th percentile of FEMA's National Risk Index for flooding, "No Rating" territory — not rated by FEMA’s risk index — with the hazard split between inland river flooding (about once every 200 years) and coastal storm surge (about once every Infinity years). This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area is one of the counties where FEMA's own denominator for mandated flood-zone structures is missing, so no compliance rate is shown rather than a guessed one — the data quality guide covers how common this is. Across all residential structures in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area against the rest of the country
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area sits at rank 3029 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2758 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). About 5,746 people live in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, spread over 5,268.076 square miles.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
0 of Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's 2,669 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 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.