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Lake County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Illinois
Claims
2,455
Total paid
$28.1M
Average / claim
$11K
Building / contents
$25.0M / $3.1M
Paid by decade
1970s$580K · 204 claims
1980s$3.1M · 525 claims
1990s$1.3M · 295 claims
2000s$3.7M · 412 claims
2010s$17.6M · 875 claims
2020s$1.9M · 144 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2017 | $10.7M | 428 claims |
| 2013 | $5.9M | 279 claims |
| 1986 | $1.7M | 240 claims |
| 2004 | $1.6M | 65 claims |
| 1982 | $1.2M | 169 claims |
Full disaster history for Lake County →
Most-paid counties in Illinois
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.