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Floods in Idaho

Property owners in Idaho have filed 1,086 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $10.3 million paid.

  • 1,086flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $10.3Mpaid on those claims
  • 2017most claims in one year, 236
  • 48thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Idaho per year 1978: 1 1979: 33 1980: 21 1981: 8 1982: 35 1983: 13 1984: 16 1985: 2 1986: 4 1987: 1 1989: 4 1990: 9 1991: 1 1992: 9 1993: 3 1995: 27 1996: 104 1997: 138 1998: 12 1999: 10 2000: 6 2001: 2 2002: 16 2003: 2 2004: 6 2005: 13 2006: 62 2007: 4 2008: 27 2009: 26 2010: 17 2011: 28 2012: 19 2013: 11 2014: 18 2015: 15 2016: 5 2017: 236 236 2018: 19 2019: 35 2020: 5 2021: 4 2022: 6 2023: 31 2024: 5 2025: 6 1978198319891995200020052010201520202025

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Idaho
Blaine County309
Ada County133
Shoshone County108
Kootenai County91
Latah County61
Bannock County40
Bonner County40
Benewah County34
Bingham County31
Canyon County29
Payette County26
Lemhi County24
Washington County23
Jefferson County18
Bonneville County17
Twin Falls County16
Elmore County11
Madison County9
Clearwater County8
Fremont County7
Nez Perce County6
Gooding County6
Idaho County5
Lincoln County5
Minidoka County5
Adams County4
Teton County4
Gem County4
Boundary County3
Cassia County2
Valley County1
Franklin County1
Boise County1
Caribou County1
Oneida County1
Custer County1
Jerome 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).