Wyandot County, OH flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Wyandot County sits at the 30.5th 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 1 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Mandatory flood insurance compliance in Wyandot County
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Wyandot 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, 1.1% of all residential structures in Wyandot County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Wyandot County ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Wyandot County ranks 2241 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1753 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Wyandot County, Ohio is home to about 21,394 people across 406.879 square miles of land.
Your street may differ from Wyandot County's average
87 of Wyandot County's 7,924 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Wyandot County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Wyandot 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.