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Shelby County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782022 · 81th highest paid in Kentucky

Claims
31
Total paid
$369K
Average / claim
$12K
Building / contents
$252K / $116K

Paid by decade

1970s$5K · 1 claims
1990s$72K · 4 claims
2000s$53K · 10 claims
2010s$83K · 11 claims
2020s$156K · 5 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2022$132K2 claims
1997$62K2 claims
2000$44K7 claims
2018$43K4 claims
2019$39K4 claims

Full disaster history for Shelby County

Most-paid counties in Kentucky

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.