Is Russell County, KS in a flood zone?
FEMA's National Risk Index puts Russell County's flood hazard at the 9.9th percentile nationally — among the lowest flood hazard in the country — driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 1 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Russell County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Russell County 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 Russell County, not just the ones FEMA mandates, 0.1% carry an NFIP policy — most flood damage nationally happens outside the mapped high-risk zone, so that broader number matters too.
How Russell County compares nationally
Russell County sits at rank 2850 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 2689 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Russell County, Kansas covers 886.26 square miles and counts roughly 6,620 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Russell County
FEMA counts 3,739 residential structures in Russell County overall, 2 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Russell County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Russell County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.