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Arecibo Municipio Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 2nd highest paid in Puerto Rico

Claims
994
Total paid
$11.5M
Average / claim
$12K
Building / contents
$5.3M / $6.2M

Paid by decade

1970s$105K · 13 claims
1980s$2.5M · 483 claims
1990s$4.1M · 255 claims
2000s$692K · 157 claims
2010s$3.0M · 56 claims
2020s$1.1M · 30 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

1998$3.9M204 claims
2017$2.9M36 claims
1985$1.8M354 claims
2022$880K16 claims
2001$348K77 claims

Full disaster history for Arecibo Municipio →

Most-paid counties in Puerto Rico

Toa Baja Municipio$17.9MCarolina Municipio$4.3MHumacao Municipio$3.9MBayamón Municipio$3.5MPonce Municipio$3.1MGuaynabo Municipio$2.8MGuayanilla Municipio$1.9MFajardo Municipio$1.6M

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.