FloodZoneCheck

Is Throckmorton County, TX in a flood zone?

FEMA's National Risk Index puts Throckmorton County's flood hazard at the 2th 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 once every 2 years. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.

Throckmorton County's flood-insurance compliance gap

Throckmorton 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 Throckmorton 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.

Where Throckmorton County ranks

Throckmorton County sits at rank 3086 of 3144 counties on FEMA's flood hazard scale (1 is worst) and rank 3077 of 3144 by population (1 is biggest). Throckmorton County, Texas covers 912.552 square miles and counts roughly 1,532 residents.

Your street may differ from Throckmorton County's average

Across all of Throckmorton County's 919 residential structures, 1 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.

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More on how this number was built

The methodology guide shows exactly which FEMA and Census tables feed Throckmorton County's numbers. See the data quality guide for why Throckmorton County, like hundreds of other counties, doesn't get a clean compliance percentage.