6 flood insurance claims·$33,879 paid·3 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Gooding County, Idaho. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 2 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 1984, with 3 claims and $23,238 paid.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
1 NOAA storm reports from Gooding County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Idaho flood stories →
7 federal disaster declarations since 1964, 3 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides | May 6, 2017 |
| Severe Winter Storms And Flooding | Feb 5, 2017 |
| Hurricane Katrina | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Earthquake | Oct 28, 1983 |
| Heavy Rains & Flooding | Dec 31, 1964 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
5 since 1996: 5 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Jun 5, 2022 | — |
| Flood | Feb 8, 2017 | $1.5M |
| Flood | May 7, 2017 | $100,000 |
| Flood | Apr 1, 2017 | $250,000 |
| Flood | Jun 1, 1997 | $50.0M |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flood · Jun 5, 2022. Moist and unstable southwest flow moved into the region early on Sunday, June 5th. Favorable upper level dynamics combined with sufficient daytime heating led to several rounds of long-lasting severe thunderstorms through the overnight hours.
Flood · Feb 8, 2017. Strong Southwesterly flow behind a warm front spread heavy rain across most of the intermountain west. Flooding occurred in most of South Central Idaho.
Flood · May 7, 2017. Spring snow melt flooding occurred across much of Southwest Idaho as a result of an above normal snow pack for the winter of 2016 to 2017.
Flood · Apr 1, 2017. Flooding on the Big Wood River from snow melt occurred in East Central Gooding County.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Gooding County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.