Taylor County, WI flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Taylor County sits at the 42.5th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about once every 3 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Taylor County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Taylor 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 Taylor County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Taylor County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Taylor County ranks 1871 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1817 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 20,167 people live in Taylor County, Wisconsin, spread over 975.052 square miles.
Checking a specific address in Taylor County
FEMA counts 9,201 residential structures in Taylor County overall, 9 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Taylor County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Taylor 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.