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Cherokee County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1979–2024 · 32th highest paid in Iowa
Claims
140
Total paid
$1.6M
Average / claim
$12K
Building / contents
$1.6M / $71K
Paid by decade
1970s$483 · 2 claims
1980s$8K · 5 claims
1990s$67K · 15 claims
2000s$10K · 6 claims
2010s$811K · 97 claims
2020s$737K · 15 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2024 | $737K | 15 claims |
| 2013 | $441K | 39 claims |
| 2010 | $260K | 39 claims |
| 2019 | $73K | 8 claims |
| 1993 | $67K | 15 claims |
Full disaster history for Cherokee County →
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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.