Waseca County, MN flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Waseca County sits at the 24.4th national percentile, 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.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Waseca County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Waseca 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 Waseca County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Waseca County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Waseca County ranks 2419 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1891 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Waseca County, Minnesota covers 423.361 square miles and counts roughly 18,684 residents.
Your street may differ from Waseca County's average
Across all of Waseca County's 9,602 residential structures, 10 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Waseca County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Waseca 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.