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Putnam County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792020 · 50th highest paid in Illinois

Claims
66
Total paid
$995K
Average / claim
$15K
Building / contents
$840K / $155K

Paid by decade

1970s$6K · 1 claims
1980s$119K · 25 claims
1990s$84K · 13 claims
2000s$126K · 11 claims
2010s$588K · 14 claims
2020s$72K · 2 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2013$578K13 claims
2008$85K6 claims
1985$76K13 claims
2020$72K2 claims
1982$38K9 claims

Full disaster history for Putnam 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.