Randolph County, AR flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Randolph County sits at the 45.5th 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 2.7 times a year. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Randolph County
8.8% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Randolph County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 35 policies against 400 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 1% of all residential structures in Randolph County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Randolph County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Randolph County ranks 1774 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1882 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 19,040 people live in Randolph County, Arkansas, spread over 651.913 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Randolph County
Across all of Randolph County's 8,691 residential structures, 84 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Randolph County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.