Scott County, KS flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Scott County sits at the 12.1th national percentile, 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 once every 5 years. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Scott 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 Scott County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Scott County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Scott County ranks 2786 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2826 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 4,914 people live in Scott County, Kansas, spread over 717.585 square miles.
Your street may differ from Scott County's average
FEMA counts 2,723 residential structures in Scott County overall, 2 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Scott County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Scott 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.