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Dent County, MO flood insurance claims history

5 claims under the National Flood Insurance Program on file for flood losses in Dent County since 1979, with $27K paid.

Only 5 claims on file here. Few claims can simply mean few insured buildings, so compare the neighboring counties below as well.

What the Dent County record shows

  • Phelps County has the most claims among its neighbors (305, against 5 here).
NFIP claims
5
1979–2017
Total paid
$27K
nominal dollars, not inflation-adjusted
Claims paid
60%
3 received a payment
Average payout
$9K
per paid claim
Last 10 years
1
claim 2017 – 2026
Most recent loss
2017-05-28
data as of 2026-09-08

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Flood claims by year

Peak: 1 claim in 1979

Biggest flood events in Dent County

Flood event (FEMA name)ClaimsPaidAvg / claimYear
Not a named storm1$11K$11K1982

20% of claims here fall under these 1 entries.How to read these labels.

Federal disaster declarations for Dent County

Dent County has been a designated area in 18 declarations since 1976, 15 of them for flooding, storms or hurricanes. Since 2024 it has been included in 1: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (DR-4855-MO, 2025).

DeclaredFEMA numberIncidentDeclared forDates of the incidentAid unlocked here
2025-01-01DR-4855-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding2024-11-03 → 2024-11-09Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2020-03-26DR-4490-MO major disasterBiologicalCOVID-19 Pandemic2020-01-20 → 2023-05-11Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2020-03-13EM-3482-MO emergencyBiologicalCOVID-192020-01-20 → 2023-05-11Public Assistance
2017-06-02DR-4317-MO major disasterFloodSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding2017-04-28 → 2017-05-11Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2016-01-02EM-3374-MO emergencyFloodSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding2015-12-22 → 2016-01-09Public Assistance
2011-02-03EM-3317-MO emergencySevere StormSevere Winter Storm2011-01-31 → 2011-02-05Public Assistance
2009-06-19DR-1847-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding2009-05-08 → 2009-05-16Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2009-01-30EM-3303-MO emergencySevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm2009-01-26 → 2009-01-28Public Assistance
2008-11-13DR-1809-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado2008-09-11 → 2008-09-24Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2008-03-19DR-1749-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms and Flooding2008-03-17 → 2008-05-09Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2007-12-12EM-3281-MO emergencySevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms2007-12-08 → 2007-12-15Public Assistance
2007-01-15DR-1676-MO major disasterSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms and Flooding2007-01-12 → 2007-01-22Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2006-07-21EM-3267-MO emergencySevere StormSevere Storms2006-07-19 → 2006-07-21Public Assistance
2005-09-10EM-3232-MO emergencyHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation2005-08-29 → 2005-10-01Public Assistance
2003-05-06DR-1463-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding2003-05-04 → 2003-05-30Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
2002-05-06DR-1412-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding2002-04-24 → 2002-06-10Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
1993-12-01DR-1006-MO major disasterSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding1993-11-13 → 1993-11-19Individual Assistance, Public Assistance
1976-09-24EM-3017-MO emergencyDroughtDrought1976-09-24Public Assistance

OpenFEMA data through 2026-11-02; only declarations naming Dent County itself are listed. 6 of these 18 opened Individual Assistance here. What a declaration does and does not pay for.

Flood claims by ZIP code in Dent County

1 ZIP code with at least one claim FEMA assigned to Dent County.

655605$27K100%52017

Neighboring counties

NeighborClaimsPaidOutside high-risk
Dent County (this page)5$27K0%
Phelps County305$11.6M27%
Reynolds County141$3.0M13%
Crawford County125$6.1M37%
Iron County59$409K15%
Shannon County18$158K0%
Texas County15$310K50%

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Source: FEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, FIPS 29065, 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.

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