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Dubuque County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 27th highest paid in Iowa

Claims
252
Total paid
$2.1M
Average / claim
$8K
Building / contents
$1.9M / $196K

Paid by decade

1970s$25K · 9 claims
1980s$11K · 11 claims
1990s$283K · 67 claims
2000s$526K · 86 claims
2010s$1.1M · 69 claims
2020s$154K · 10 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$736K22 claims
2002$320K46 claims
2010$288K30 claims
1999$256K55 claims
2008$187K34 claims

Full disaster history for Dubuque County

Most-paid counties in Iowa

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.