Tippecanoe County, IN flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Tippecanoe County sits at the 79.7th national percentile, a middling flood hazard by national standards; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 4.1 times a year. That's a county-wide figure, not a per-address one — FEMA's parcel maps are a live lookup, not a bulk file.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
Out of 632 homes FEMA counts inside Tippecanoe County's mapped flood zone, 114 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 18% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.3% of all residential structures in Tippecanoe County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Tippecanoe County compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Tippecanoe County ranks 666 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 370 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Tippecanoe County, Indiana is home to about 191,650 people across 498.896 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Tippecanoe County
Across all of Tippecanoe County's 53,749 residential structures, 177 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Tippecanoe County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.