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Tuscaloosa County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792026 · 11th highest paid in Alabama

Claims
298
Total paid
$3.4M
Average / claim
$11K
Building / contents
$2.9M / $448K

Paid by decade

1970s$264K · 39 claims
1980s$80K · 49 claims
1990s$146K · 23 claims
2000s$715K · 54 claims
2010s$678K · 70 claims
2020s$1.5M · 63 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2021$1.3M43 claims
2003$517K6 claims
2014$296K17 claims
1979$264K39 claims
2020$164K17 claims

Full disaster history for Tuscaloosa County

Most-paid counties in Alabama

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.