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Floods in Iowa

Property owners in Iowa have filed 14,688 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $357 million paid.

  • 14,688flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $357Mpaid on those claims
  • 2008most claims in one year, 3,265
  • 26thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Iowa per year 1978: 60 1979: 333 1980: 75 1981: 36 1982: 205 1983: 113 1984: 111 1985: 8 1986: 174 1987: 88 1989: 6 1990: 873 1991: 122 1992: 18 1993: 1,774 1994: 11 1995: 9 1996: 183 1997: 175 1998: 201 1999: 1,121 2000: 29 2001: 439 2002: 163 2003: 15 2004: 245 2005: 13 2006: 11 2007: 245 2008: 3,265 3,265 2009: 94 2010: 697 2011: 501 2012: 18 2013: 443 2014: 598 2015: 114 2016: 661 2017: 64 2018: 327 2019: 571 2020: 35 2021: 33 2022: 1 2023: 77 2024: 254 2025: 35 1978198319891994199920042009201420192024

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Iowa
Scott County2,267
Polk County1,550
Black Hawk County1,472
Linn County1,351
Pottawattamie County867
Bremer County643
Johnson County446
Buchanan County375
Muscatine County355
Des Moines County352
Butler County316
Woodbury County294
Story County286
Floyd County264
Dubuque County252
Fremont County233
Cerro Gordo County216
Clayton County212
Harrison County192
Clinton County180
Tama County145
Lee County141
Cherokee County140
Jones County122
Mills County121
Louisa County120
Wapello County119
Benton County108
Delaware County105
Fayette County94
Webster County93
Crawford County88
Montgomery County82
Clay County78
Lyon County75
Cass County57
Van Buren County53
Sioux County43
Dallas County42
Jackson County42
Chickasaw County41
Humboldt County39
Cedar County38
Jasper County37
Iowa County36
Winneshiek County31
Monona County30
Marshall County30
Hamilton County28
Marion County26
Plymouth County25
Mitchell County25
Warren County24
Emmet County19
Boone County18
Hardin County17
Allamakee County17
Shelby County15
Washington County15
Dickinson County15
Union County14
Audubon County14
Carroll County13
Grundy County13
Mahaska County11
Guthrie County10
Howard County8
Ida County8
Appanoose County8
Decatur County7
Madison County7
Adams County6
Taylor County6
Worth County5
Lucas County5
Palo Alto County4
Greene County4
O'Brien County4
Keokuk County3
Hancock County3
Page County3
Winnebago County2
Sac County2
Franklin County2
Osceola County2
Kossuth County2
Wright County2
Buena Vista County1
Monroe County1
Henry County1

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).