Tyler County, WV: flood risk, in FEMA's own numbers
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Tyler County scores at the 63th percentile for flood hazard, rated "Relatively Low" — below the national norm for flood hazard. 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 2.2 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Tyler County's flood-insurance compliance gap
Homes with a federally backed mortgage inside Tyler County's mapped high-risk flood zone (the Special Flood Hazard Area, or SFHA) are legally required to carry an NFIP flood policy. In practice, 3.8% of them do — 23 active policies against 612 structures FEMA counts in that zone, leaving a real compliance gap. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 0.6% of all residential structures in Tyler County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Tyler County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Tyler County ranks 1216 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2583 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Tyler County, West Virginia covers 256.302 square miles and counts roughly 7,843 residents.
Your street may differ from Tyler County's average
Across all of Tyler County's 4,588 residential structures, 27 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Tyler 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.