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Floods in Indiana

Property owners in Indiana have filed 19,554 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $309 million paid.

  • 19,554flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $309Mpaid on those claims
  • 2008most claims in one year, 3,287
  • 22ndamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Indiana per year 1978: 432 1979: 303 1980: 229 1981: 466 1982: 1,004 1983: 265 1984: 48 1985: 578 1986: 73 1987: 50 1988: 19 1989: 261 1990: 944 1991: 171 1992: 211 1993: 409 1994: 87 1995: 74 1996: 390 1997: 677 1998: 331 1999: 169 2000: 79 2001: 72 2002: 277 2003: 1,231 2004: 183 2005: 678 2006: 911 2007: 189 2008: 3,287 3,287 2009: 650 2010: 114 2011: 723 2012: 39 2013: 871 2014: 148 2015: 539 2016: 105 2017: 217 2018: 726 2019: 156 2020: 53 2021: 124 2022: 35 2023: 13 2024: 43 2025: 366 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Mar 20, 2020Flash FloodDearborn, Fayette, Franklin6$110,000
Mar 4, 2026FloodBartholomew, Jackson, Lawrence4$115,000
Jun 6, 2008Flash FloodBartholomew, Brown, Clay3$193 million
Feb 4, 2008FloodBenton, Jasper, Newton3$2.5 million
Apr 2, 2014FloodBoone, Greene, Hamilton3$26,000
May 25, 2006Flash FloodClark, Crawford, Dubois3$20,000
Jan 4, 2004FloodBartholomew, Boone, Brown3—

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Indiana
Lake County3,013
Marion County2,309
Allen County1,673
Clark County860
Vanderburgh County821
Vigo County662
Bartholomew County506
Carroll County501
Hamilton County497
Howard County489
Johnson County454
Kosciusko County391
Elkhart County378
Madison County305
Delaware County302
Jefferson County246
White County237
Floyd County233
Shelby County232
Morgan County231
Noble County226
Tippecanoe County218
Harrison County207
Marshall County190
Porter County187
St. Joseph County180
Pulaski County173
Fulton County173
Brown County160
Owen County147
Posey County144
LaPorte County143
Grant County139
Crawford County136
Monroe County126
Adams County119
Tipton County115
Dearborn County113
Jasper County113
Orange County113
Huntington County111
Switzerland County110
Wayne County109
Boone County98
Jackson County96
Hancock County93
Knox County81
Hendricks County77
Warrick County77
DeKalb County67
Vermillion County67
Cass County63
Washington County58
Steuben County55
Franklin County53
Gibson County49
Wabash County46
Spencer County45
LaGrange County45
Jay County43
Lawrence County43
Perry County42
Newton County42
Wells County42
Fayette County40
Henry County33
Miami County31
Decatur County30
Whitley County29
Clinton County26
Montgomery County25
Randolph County25
Clay County24
Rush County23
Putnam County23
Starke County22
Parke County20
Ripley County20
Ohio County17
Dubois County17
Martin County14
Scott County12
Daviess County11
Greene County10
Jennings County10
Fountain County7
Blackford County4
Union County3
Warren County2
Pike County1
Sullivan 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).