Floods in Colorado

Property owners in Colorado have filed 5,567 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $90.7 million paid.

  • 5,567flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $90.7Mpaid on those claims
  • 2013most claims in one year, 2,299
  • 38thamong the states for claims
2026
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Colorado per year 1978: 47 1979: 97 1980: 117 1981: 59 1982: 110 1983: 140 1984: 125 1985: 39 1986: 18 1987: 31 1988: 11 1989: 17 1990: 32 1991: 50 1992: 16 1993: 21 1994: 38 1995: 148 1996: 57 1997: 190 1998: 84 1999: 290 2000: 34 2001: 56 2002: 27 2003: 32 2004: 29 2005: 18 2006: 29 2007: 48 2008: 34 2009: 50 2010: 49 2011: 89 2012: 64 2013: 2,299 2,299 2014: 88 2015: 329 2016: 54 2017: 44 2018: 53 2019: 66 2020: 17 2021: 53 2022: 41 2023: 132 2024: 19 2025: 50 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Sep 11, 2013Flash FloodAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder6$648 million
Jul 28, 1997Flash FloodLarimer5$190 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

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).