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@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def get_text(self, lev, fmt):
             return lev
         else:
             if isinstance(fmt, dict):
-                return fmt[lev]
+                return fmt.get(lev, '%1.3f')
             elif callable(fmt):
                 return fmt(lev)
             else:
 
@@ -143,6 +143,25 @@ def test_contour_empty_levels():
     assert len(record) == 1
 
 
+def test_contour_badlevel_fmt():
+    # test funny edge case from
+    # https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/9742
+    # User supplied fmt for each level as a dictionary, but
+    # MPL changed the level to the minimum data value because
+    # no contours possible.
+    # This would error out pre
+    # https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/9743
+    x = np.arange(9)
+    z = np.zeros((9, 9))
+
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    fmt = {1.: '%1.2f'}
+    with pytest.warns(UserWarning) as record:
+        cs = ax.contour(x, x, z, levels=[1.])
+        ax.clabel(cs, fmt=fmt)
+    assert len(record) == 1
+
+
 def test_contour_uniform_z():
 
     x = np.arange(9)