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Polk County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19942020 · 49th highest paid in Tennessee

Claims
43
Total paid
$638K
Average / claim
$15K
Building / contents
$538K / $99K

Paid by decade

1990s$134K · 10 claims
2000s$304K · 21 claims
2010s$85K · 7 claims
2020s$115K · 5 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2003$222K15 claims
2020$115K5 claims
2004$82K6 claims
1995$69K7 claims
1994$65K3 claims

Full disaster history for Polk County

Most-paid counties in Tennessee

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.