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Fayette County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792021 · 37th highest paid in Iowa

Claims
94
Total paid
$836K
Average / claim
$9K
Building / contents
$731K / $105K

Paid by decade

1970s$9K · 2 claims
1980s$40K · 7 claims
1990s$220K · 28 claims
2000s$63K · 13 claims
2010s$402K · 33 claims
2020s$102K · 11 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2017$168K3 claims
1991$158K15 claims
2016$114K8 claims
2010$83K18 claims
2008$55K9 claims

Full disaster history for Fayette 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.