Wyoming County, NY flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Wyoming County sits at the 63.7th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; 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. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Who actually carries the flood insurance FEMA requires
FEMA hasn't published a residential structure count for Wyoming 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 Wyoming County carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Wyoming County against the rest of the country
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Wyoming County ranks 1192 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1199 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. Wyoming County, New York is home to about 39,588 people across 592.7 square miles of land.
What to do next if you own or are buying in Wyoming County
FEMA counts 16,012 residential structures in Wyoming County overall, 74 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Wyoming County's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. Wyoming 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.