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Jefferson County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Alabama
Claims
2,882
Total paid
$47.3M
Average / claim
$16K
Building / contents
$36.9M / $10.4M
Paid by decade
1970s$2.0M · 270 claims
1980s$2.4M · 480 claims
1990s$3.3M · 320 claims
2000s$15.2M · 908 claims
2010s$13.9M · 604 claims
2020s$10.5M · 300 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2003 | $7.7M | 311 claims |
| 2021 | $6.6M | 162 claims |
| 2011 | $6.1M | 217 claims |
| 2014 | $5.3M | 180 claims |
| 2004 | $2.9M | 220 claims |
Full disaster history for Jefferson County →
Most-paid counties in Alabama
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.