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Shelby County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 5th highest paid in Tennessee
Claims
1,019
Total paid
$25.1M
Average / claim
$25K
Building / contents
$21.1M / $3.9M
Paid by decade
1970s$510K · 119 claims
1980s$957K · 187 claims
1990s$669K · 76 claims
2000s$2.5M · 145 claims
2010s$18.2M · 431 claims
2020s$2.3M · 61 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2010 | $7.2M | 121 claims |
| 2014 | $3.8M | 119 claims |
| 2019 | $2.6M | 38 claims |
| 2011 | $2.5M | 74 claims |
| 2013 | $1.4M | 22 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.