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 records coded as Flash Flood in Polk during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports39NOAA county-coded rows
Population context7.8per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities1direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

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

How the record changed

20164
201820
20198
20201
20225
20251
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$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 records in this slice

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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
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