Stafford County, KS flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Stafford County sits at the 7.9th 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 2 years. 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 Stafford County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Stafford 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% of all residential structures in Stafford County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Stafford County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Stafford County ranks 2910 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2891 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Stafford County, Kansas covers 792.046 square miles and counts roughly 3,901 residents.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Stafford County
Across all of Stafford County's 2,915 residential structures, 0 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Stafford County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Stafford 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.