Flood potential by county

Ranked by the 24-hour, 350 mm scenario: the share of each county simulated to flood deeper than 0.3 m. These are shares of land area, not people and not a risk ranking. Mountainous counties are large and only their small plains flood, so their shares are low. Click a county to see its townships.

37,014.8 km²Area
674.5 km²Flooded, 24h 350mm
1.8%Share
2,060.4 km²Flooded, 24h 650mm
CountyArea km²Flooded km²24h 350 mm shareof which >1 m6h 350 mm share
Yunlin County1,406.0111.77.9% 9.79.7%
Chiayi County1,962.199.55.1% 22.78.4%
Tainan City2,269.4109.34.8% 21.48.0%
Changhua County1,250.346.93.7% 2.26.0%
Hsinchu City125.04.43.5% 0.811.2%
Chiayi City60.01.52.6% 0.78.4%
Yilan County2,205.753.12.4% 12.52.8%
Kaohsiung City3,011.364.12.1% 14.13.6%
Taoyuan City1,222.724.72.0% 4.43.7%
Pingtung County2,818.952.21.9% 2.53.8%
Hsinchu County1,418.117.71.2% 8.12.6%
Kinmen County185.61.91.0% 0.02.0%
Taichung City2,250.117.80.8% 2.92.7%
Hualien County4,627.127.50.6% 12.81.9%
New Taipei City2,075.511.00.5% 1.81.2%
Penghu County135.70.70.5% 0.01.0%
Miaoli County1,835.18.70.5% 2.61.0%
Keelung City138.20.60.4% 0.30.8%
Taipei City271.01.10.4% 0.01.4%
Taitung County3,599.812.00.3% 3.70.7%
Lienchiang County29.90.10.2% 0.00.4%
Nantou County4,117.28.10.2% 2.80.4%

Areas are sums of 40 × 40 m cells. Nationally the cell sums run 0.3–0.5% above the original polygon areas (measured per scenario); the error is larger for small townships. A scenario is a design rainfall: total over the duration, not per hour. The depth class is the maximum simulated depth in the cell.