Robeson County, NC flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Robeson County sits at the 86.4th national percentile, a middling flood hazard by national standards; 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. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Robeson County's flood-insurance compliance gap
24.3% of the homes FEMA requires to carry flood insurance in Robeson County — those inside the mapped Special Flood Hazard Area — actually have a policy in force: 562 policies against 2,312 mandated structures, which means a meaningful share of legally-required coverage simply isn't there. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 2.6% of all residential structures in Robeson County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Robeson County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Robeson County ranks 450 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 539 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Robeson County, North Carolina is home to about 118,624 people across 947.302 square miles of land.
Your street may differ from Robeson County's average
FEMA counts 39,057 residential structures in Robeson County overall, 998 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Robeson 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.