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Polk County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792025 · 41th highest paid in Texas

Claims
346
Total paid
$10.1M
Average / claim
$29K
Building / contents
$7.9M / $2.2M

Paid by decade

1970s$45K · 2 claims
1980s$153K · 5 claims
1990s$1.4M · 84 claims
2000s$1.7M · 90 claims
2010s$2.5M · 86 claims
2020s$4.3M · 79 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2024$4.0M70 claims
2017$1.4M35 claims
2004$777K31 claims
1994$643K33 claims
2006$562K12 claims

Full disaster history for Polk 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.