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

Flood history

NOAA recorded 40 county-coded Flood reports in Polk, IA, from 2016 through 2025, with 0 reported injuries, 0 reported fatalities, and $5.5M in filed damage.

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

Reports40NOAA county-coded rows
Population context7.9per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
How to read the count

40 reports in ten years does not mean a 4.0-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

Flood in Polk reports by year

NOAA recorded 40 Flood in Polk reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

20163
20174
201815
201914
20221
20243
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Recorded impacts for Flood in Polk

The Flood in Polk records contain 0 injuries, 0 fatalities, $5.2M in property damage, and $300K in crop damage.

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

Property damage$5.2Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$300Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest Flood in Polk source records

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

Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.

Latest NOAA Flood records for Polk
DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-05-22NOAA 1,185,610River/Stream Gage—$0
2024-05-24NOAA 1,185,184River/Stream Gage—$0
2024-05-22NOAA 1,185,183River/Stream Gage—$0
2022-06-07NOAA 1,042,878River/Stream Gage—$0
2019-06-23NOAA 833,183Official NWS Observations—$0
2019-06-22NOAA 833,181Official NWS Observations—$0
2019-06-01NOAA 833,169Official NWS Observations—$0
2019-06-01NOAA 833,122Official NWS Observations—$0
READING THE RECORD

History is evidence—not a forecast.

A NOAA record count describes reports entered for a place and period. It does not estimate the chance, severity, or location of a future event. For active hazards, use your local National Weather Service office and official alerts.