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Alexander County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 30th highest paid in Illinois

Claims
443
Total paid
$3.1M
Average / claim
$7K
Building / contents
$2.9M / $174K

Paid by decade

1970s$144K · 80 claims
1980s$284K · 130 claims
1990s$83K · 57 claims
2000s$187K · 32 claims
2010s$2.3M · 133 claims
2020s$126K · 11 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$1.6M85 claims
2019$390K27 claims
2016$178K8 claims
1983$159K75 claims
2008$155K18 claims

Full disaster history for Alexander County

Most-paid counties in Illinois

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.