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Sangamon County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 26th highest paid in Illinois

Claims
293
Total paid
$3.7M
Average / claim
$13K
Building / contents
$3.0M / $718K

Paid by decade

1970s$107K · 23 claims
1980s$270K · 72 claims
1990s$948K · 82 claims
2000s$942K · 67 claims
2010s$1.2M · 40 claims
2020s$263K · 9 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2002$583K35 claims
2015$437K9 claims
1994$406K25 claims
2014$404K10 claims
1996$254K21 claims

Full disaster history for Sangamon 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.