Quay County, NM: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Quay County scores at the 38.5th 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 once every 1 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Quay County's flood-insurance compliance gap
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Quay 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, 0.1% of all residential structures in Quay County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Quay County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Quay County ranks 1998 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2545 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 8,403 people live in Quay County, New Mexico, spread over 2,873.955 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Quay County
4 of Quay County's 4,841 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Quay County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Quay 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.