Wheeler County, OR flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Wheeler County sits at the 12.3th 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 Wheeler County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Wheeler 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, 0.5% of all residential structures in Wheeler County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Wheeler County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Wheeler County ranks 2781 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 3083 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Wheeler County, Oregon is home to about 1,456 people across 1,716.021 square miles of land.
Checking a specific address in Wheeler County
FEMA counts 1,376 residential structures in Wheeler County overall, 7 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Wheeler County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Wheeler 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.