NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19057MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

DES MOINES · IA

Flood history

NOAA records coded as Flood in Des Moines during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports22NOAA county-coded rows
Population context57.2per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 38,487
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

22 reports in ten years does not mean a 2.2-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20162
20171
20182
201913
20201
20232
20241
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$105Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-07-01NOAA 1,205,147River/Stream Gage$0
2023-04-27NOAA 1,097,186River/Stream Gage$0
2023-04-26NOAA 1,097,160River/Stream Gage$0
2020-04-11NOAA 885,954River/Stream Gage$0
2019-10-08NOAA 860,670River/Stream Gage$0
2019-06-01NOAA 839,493River/Stream Gage$0
2019-06-01NOAA 836,086River/Stream Gage$0
2019-05-20NOAA 827,058River/Stream Gage$0
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