Woodson County, KS flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Woodson County sits at the 13.2th 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 1 years. 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
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Woodson 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 Woodson County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Woodson County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Woodson County ranks 2757 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 2953 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Woodson County, Kansas is home to about 3,111 people across 497.819 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Woodson County
Across all of Woodson County's 2,204 residential structures, 2 carry an NFIP policy today — a county-wide count that still can't tell you one address's own mapped zone.
Where Woodson County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Woodson 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.