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Lauderdale County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792026 · 22th highest paid in Mississippi

Claims
291
Total paid
$4.3M
Average / claim
$15K
Building / contents
$3.4M / $938K

Paid by decade

1970s$313K · 31 claims
1980s$115K · 36 claims
1990s$915K · 71 claims
2000s$1.6M · 104 claims
2010s$112K · 15 claims
2020s$1.3M · 34 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2003$1.4M66 claims
2026$916K20 claims
1990$782K49 claims
1979$313K31 claims
2023$226K3 claims

Full disaster history for Lauderdale County

Most-paid counties in Mississippi

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.