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Jefferson County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in Kentucky
Claims
5,556
Total paid
$98.6M
Average / claim
$18K
Building / contents
$87.3M / $11.3M
Paid by decade
1970s$1.1M · 357 claims
1980s$858K · 324 claims
1990s$32.6M · 2,096 claims
2000s$12.6M · 1,014 claims
2010s$36.8M · 1,448 claims
2020s$14.7M · 317 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1997 | $29.4M | 1,560 claims |
| 2025 | $13.7M | 251 claims |
| 2018 | $13.6M | 289 claims |
| 2015 | $12.6M | 587 claims |
| 2006 | $5.6M | 287 claims |
Full disaster history for Jefferson 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.