Editorial policy
Editorial Standards
The rules governing source fidelity, deterministic presentation, corrections, authorship, and funding disclosure.
Primary-source rule
Current county fields come from the frozen FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 release dated December 2025. RiskByCounty identifies the source field, release, display selection, and flood rule on its public methodology and county pages.
Transformation boundary
County summaries are deterministic transformations of frozen FEMA county fields. Missing source values remain unavailable. The site does not add generated county narratives, individualized assessments, or professional advice.
State and national summaries are labeled as RiskByCounty arithmetic summaries of available county values rather than FEMA state scores or ratings.
Authorship
RiskByCounty is the Organization publisher and author. No named individual, credential, or external subject-matter reviewer is represented or credited. Dates indicate publication or modification of a page; they do not claim a separate expert review.
Corrections
Reports of a source mismatch or display error can be submitted through the contact page. Confirmed data or methodology corrections are documented in the relevant public source or methodology note. Typographical fixes may be made without a separate notice.
Funding disclosure
Google AdSense authorization is pending. No ad or affiliate units currently render. Publisher verification metadata, the AdSense loader, and ads.txt remain present only for authorization checks.
The site does not accept paid content, sponsored statistics, or advertorials. No commercial party controls the FEMA fields, deterministic transformations, or page ordering.
Update cadence
The frozen source is updated only through a separately verified FEMA refresh. The site shows the applicable release and modification date instead of implying continuous source updates.