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Shelby County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1979–2025 · 4th highest paid in Alabama
Claims
797
Total paid
$19.2M
Average / claim
$24K
Building / contents
$15.1M / $4.1M
Paid by decade
1970s$409K · 89 claims
1980s$663K · 69 claims
1990s$2.4M · 176 claims
2000s$1.8M · 118 claims
2010s$4.1M · 177 claims
2020s$9.8M · 168 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2021 | $9.6M | 153 claims |
| 2014 | $2.2M | 72 claims |
| 1990 | $1.8M | 96 claims |
| 2003 | $923K | 47 claims |
| 2012 | $742K | 38 claims |
Full disaster history for Shelby 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.