Stanton County, KS: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Stanton County scores at the 1.2th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Very Low" — among the lowest flood hazard in the country. The hazard here is 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 Stanton County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Stanton 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 Stanton County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Stanton County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Stanton County ranks 3109 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 3037 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Stanton County, Kansas is home to about 2,071 people across 680.352 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Stanton County
Across all of Stanton County's 902 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 Stanton County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Stanton 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.