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Floods in Arizona

Property owners in Arizona have filed 5,263 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $61.9 million paid.

  • 5,263flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $61.9Mpaid on those claims
  • 1983most claims in one year, 478
  • 40thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Arizona per year 1978: 457 1979: 80 1980: 333 1981: 122 1982: 47 1983: 478 478 1984: 186 1985: 24 1986: 68 1987: 53 1988: 76 1989: 37 1990: 230 1991: 16 1992: 135 1993: 429 1994: 27 1995: 87 1996: 27 1997: 49 1998: 60 1999: 53 2000: 62 2001: 27 2002: 68 2003: 80 2004: 115 2005: 84 2006: 110 2007: 124 2008: 67 2009: 40 2010: 160 2011: 43 2012: 46 2013: 59 2014: 287 2015: 43 2016: 121 2017: 50 2018: 94 2019: 73 2020: 19 2021: 162 2022: 105 2023: 61 2024: 13 2025: 61 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Aug 3, 1997Flash FloodApache, Coconino, Gila11$352,000
Jul 15, 2017Flash FloodGila, Yavapai10—
Aug 1, 1997Flash FloodCochise, Greenlee, Pima6$39,000
Mar 28, 1998Flash FloodMaricopa3—
Aug 11, 2001Flash FloodCoconino3—

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Arizona
Maricopa County2,633
Pima County584
Yavapai County470
Coconino County295
Mohave County164
Santa Cruz County161
Gila County154
Pinal County150
Greenlee County142
Yuma County123
Cochise County115
La Paz County113
Navajo County106
Graham County43
Apache County10

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).