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Ashe County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 42th highest paid in North Carolina

Claims
183
Total paid
$7.3M
Average / claim
$40K
Building / contents
$6.5M / $864K

Paid by decade

1970s$59K · 13 claims
1980s$91K · 17 claims
1990s$154K · 27 claims
2000s$170K · 15 claims
2010s$212K · 24 claims
2020s$6.7M · 87 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2024$6.5M86 claims
2013$133K12 claims
2003$132K10 claims
2020$109K1 claims
1996$79K8 claims

Full disaster history for Ashe County →

Most-paid counties in North Carolina

Craven County$236.3MDare County$226.1MNew Hanover County$187.3MBeaufort County$125.2MCarteret County$123.1MPender County$117.4MBuncombe County$103.9MBrunswick County$99.3M

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.