Floods in Alabama

Property owners in Alabama have filed 44,088 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $1.2 billion paid.

44,088flood insurance claims since 1978
$1.2Bpaid on those claims
2004most claims in one year, 7,251
14thamong the states for claims

2025

Floods on record, by year

Over time

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events

Mar 8, 1998	Flash Flood	Coffee	4	$105 million
May 7, 2003	Flash Flood	Jefferson	0	$1.0 billion

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Alabama

Baldwin County	19,745
Mobile County	15,117
Jefferson County	2,884
Shelby County	797
Madison County	785
Coffee County	591
Montgomery County	417
Escambia County	384
Tuscaloosa County	298
Morgan County	200
Dallas County	196
Houston County	195
Geneva County	154
Colbert County	144
Dale County	144
Lauderdale County	141
Etowah County	129
Calhoun County	129
Pickens County	116
Hale County	115
Greene County	111
Talladega County	107
St. Clair County	96
Autauga County	77
Jackson County	69
Elmore County	66
Walker County	65
Lee County	62
Russell County	60
Limestone County	59
Choctaw County	53
Lawrence County	46
Marshall County	41
Marengo County	40
DeKalb County	40
Covington County	37
Barbour County	34
Clarke County	31
Cullman County	30
Blount County	27
Cherokee County	27
Monroe County	24
Chambers County	24
Wilcox County	21
Henry County	19
Sumter County	17
Washington County	15
Lamar County	14
Bibb County	12
Lowndes County	11
Marion County	11
Winston County	11
Chilton County	10
Coosa County	10
Tallapoosa County	6
Macon County	5
Franklin County	4
Conecuh County	3
Butler County	3
Bullock County	3
Crenshaw County	2
Perry County	2
Randolph County	1
Clay County	1

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