NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19153MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

POLK · IA

Flash Flood history

NOAA recorded 39 county-coded Flash Flood reports in Polk, IA, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 1 reported fatalities, and $4.9M in filed damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026

Reports39NOAA county-coded rows
Population context7.8per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities1direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

39 reports in ten years does not mean a 3.9-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Flash Flood in Polk reports by year

NOAA recorded 39 Flash Flood in Polk reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20164
201820
20198
20201
20225
20251
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Flash Flood in Polk

The Flash Flood in Polk records contain 0 injuries, 1 fatalities, $4.2M in property damage, and $650K in crop damage.

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

Property damage$4.2Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$650Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Flash Flood in Polk source records

NOAA supplied 8 recent Flash Flood in Polk source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.

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Latest NOAA Flash Flood records for Polk
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-07-20NOAA 1,290,943Law Enforcement—$20K
2022-08-19NOAA 1,053,226Public—$10K
2022-08-19NOAA 1,053,225Public—$10K
2022-04-22NOAA 1,024,194Trained Spotter—$0
2022-04-22NOAA 1,024,191Law Enforcement—$0
2022-04-22NOAA 1,024,188Trained Spotter—$0
2020-06-22NOAA 899,485Public—$0
2019-06-22NOAA 832,567Law Enforcement—$75K
READING THE RECORD

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