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Lee County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792023 · 20th highest paid in Iowa

Claims
141
Total paid
$4.0M
Average / claim
$28K
Building / contents
$2.3M / $1.6M

Paid by decade

1970s$6K · 6 claims
1980s$80K · 11 claims
1990s$1.2M · 34 claims
2000s$2.1M · 62 claims
2010s$571K · 26 claims
2020s$15K · 2 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2008$1.4M41 claims
1993$1.1M22 claims
2001$710K20 claims
2019$490K16 claims
1980$40K8 claims

Full disaster history for Lee 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.