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Floods in Florida

Property owners in Florida have filed 447,174 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $19 billion paid.

  • 447,174flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $19Bpaid on those claims
  • 2024most claims in one year, 80,439
  • 2ndamong the states for claims
2026
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Florida per year 1978: 435 1979: 6,650 1980: 813 1981: 2,677 1982: 5,449 1983: 961 1984: 1,335 1985: 11,563 1986: 643 1987: 604 1988: 3,180 1989: 431 1990: 270 1991: 2,235 1992: 11,642 1993: 10,600 1994: 3,957 1995: 17,454 1996: 8,336 1997: 2,571 1998: 14,918 1999: 24,747 2000: 13,843 2001: 5,223 2002: 1,536 2003: 2,104 2004: 34,707 2005: 32,400 2006: 1,033 2007: 983 2008: 4,423 2009: 3,511 2010: 910 2011: 2,157 2012: 5,368 2013: 2,152 2014: 3,960 2015: 1,993 2016: 8,825 2017: 31,394 2018: 5,087 2019: 1,190 2020: 9,989 2021: 933 2022: 50,318 2023: 10,299 2024: 80,439 80,439 2025: 721 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Sep 27, 2022FloodBrevard, Indian River, Lake16$1.1 billion
Jun 24, 2012FloodCharlotte, Citrus, Hernando5$25.8 million
May 19, 2009FloodVolusia1$68.6 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Florida
Miami-Dade County62,029
Pinellas County51,779
Lee County48,496
Broward County35,049
Monroe County27,430
Hillsborough County18,556
Escambia County16,499
Collier County14,773
Pasco County14,544
Sarasota County14,415
Volusia County12,577
Charlotte County11,697
Manatee County11,389
Palm Beach County10,758
Santa Rosa County10,439
Bay County9,005
Okaloosa County8,226
St. Johns County7,639
Citrus County7,076
Duval County6,064
Brevard County5,690
St. Lucie County3,988
Indian River County3,349
Hernando County3,245
Walton County3,174
Franklin County2,866
Martin County2,631
Orange County2,271
Flagler County2,153
Clay County1,744
Gulf County1,717
Polk County1,671
Seminole County1,562
Wakulla County1,554
Levy County1,316
Osceola County1,032
Leon County1,015
Dixie County916
Nassau County845
Taylor County693
Putnam County621
Lake County470
DeSoto County453
Suwannee County364
Columbia County338
Alachua County309
Okeechobee County295
Marion County250
Gilchrist County212
Lafayette County207
Highlands County202
Bradford County184
Washington County184
Holmes County165
Calhoun County142
Hendry County132
Hardee County129
Sumter County123
Hamilton County116
Baker County95
Madison County84
Jackson County72
Glades County56
Gadsden County41
Union County31
Jefferson County18
Liberty County9

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).