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DeKalb County, MO flood insurance claims history
6 claims under the National Flood Insurance Program on file for flood losses in DeKalb County since 1993, with $99K paid.
Only 6 claims on file here. Few claims can simply mean few insured buildings, so compare the neighboring counties below as well.
What the DeKalb County record shows
- No claims in the 10 years to 2026; the latest on file is from 2011.
- Buchanan County has the most claims among its neighbors (623, against 6 here).
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Flood claims by year
Biggest flood events in DeKalb County
| Flood event (FEMA name) | Claims | Paid | Avg / claim | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midwest Flooding | 2 | $10K | $5K | 1993 |
| Late spring storms | 1 | $72K | $72K | 2011 |
50% of claims here fall under these 2 entries.How to read these labels.
Federal disaster declarations for DeKalb County
DeKalb County has been a designated area in 22 declarations since 1965, 19 of them for flooding, storms or hurricanes. None since 2024 — the most recent was DR-4490-MO (2020-03-26).
| Declared | FEMA number | Incident | Declared for | Dates of the incident | Aid unlocked here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-26 | DR-4490-MO major disaster | Biological | COVID-19 Pandemic | 2020-01-20 → 2023-05-11 | Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3482-MO emergency | Biological | COVID-19 | 2020-01-20 → 2023-05-11 | Public Assistance |
| 2015-08-07 | DR-4238-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 2015-05-15 → 2015-07-27 | Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2011-03-23 | DR-1961-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm | 2011-01-31 → 2011-02-05 | Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2011-02-03 | EM-3317-MO emergency | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm | 2011-01-31 → 2011-02-05 | Public Assistance |
| 2010-08-17 | DR-1934-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes | 2010-06-12 → 2010-07-31 | Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2009-01-30 | EM-3303-MO emergency | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm | 2009-01-26 → 2009-01-28 | Public Assistance |
| 2007-12-27 | DR-1736-MO major disaster | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms | 2007-12-06 → 2007-12-15 | Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2007-12-12 | EM-3281-MO emergency | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms | 2007-12-08 → 2007-12-15 | Public Assistance |
| 2007-06-11 | DR-1708-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding | 2007-05-05 → 2007-05-18 | Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2005-09-10 | EM-3232-MO emergency | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | 2005-08-29 → 2005-10-01 | Public Assistance |
| 2004-06-11 | DR-1524-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 2004-05-18 → 2004-05-31 | Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 2002-05-06 | DR-1412-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding | 2002-04-24 → 2002-06-10 | Public Assistance |
| 2002-02-06 | DR-1403-MO major disaster | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Ice Storm | 2002-01-29 → 2002-02-13 | Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation |
| 1998-10-14 | DR-1253-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes | 1998-10-04 → 1998-10-11 | Public Assistance |
| 1995-06-02 | DR-1054-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Hail, Flooding | 1995-05-13 → 1995-06-23 | Individual Assistance, Public Assistance |
| 1993-07-09 | DR-995-MO major disaster | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding | 1993-06-10 → 1993-10-25 | Individual Assistance, Public Assistance |
| 1984-06-21 | DR-713-MO major disaster | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding | 1984-06-06 → 1984-06-16 | Public Assistance |
| 1976-09-24 | EM-3017-MO emergency | Drought | Drought | 1976-09-24 | Public Assistance |
| 1973-11-01 | DR-407-MO major disaster | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding | 1973-11-01 | Individual Assistance, Public Assistance |
| 1973-04-19 | DR-372-MO major disaster | Severe Storm | Heavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding | 1973-04-19 | Individual Assistance, Public Assistance |
| 1965-07-27 | DR-203-MO major disaster | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding | 1965-07-27 | Individual Assistance, Public Assistance |
OpenFEMA data through 2026-11-02; only declarations naming DeKalb County itself are listed. 9 of these 22 opened Individual Assistance here. What a declaration does and does not pay for.
Flood claims by ZIP code in DeKalb County
3 ZIP codes with at least one claim FEMA assigned to DeKalb County.
Neighboring counties
| Neighbor | Claims | Paid | Outside high-risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb County (this page) | 6 | $99K | 33% |
| Buchanan County | 623 | $22.9M | 21% |
| Andrew County | 146 | $4.0M | 16% |
| Daviess County | 37 | $609K | 5% |
| Clinton County | 7 | $67K | 50% |
| Gentry County | 2 | $36K | 100% |
| Caldwell County | 1 | $271 | 0% |
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Source: FEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, FIPS 29063, data as of 2026-09-08. Insured buildings only, never a specific property: see how to check a house and the limits of this data.