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Atlantic County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in New Jersey
Claims
20,909
Total paid
$474.2M
Average / claim
$23K
Building / contents
$429.0M / $45.2M
Paid by decade
1970s$256K · 220 claims
1980s$9.3M · 2,556 claims
1990s$43.9M · 5,245 claims
2000s$6.0M · 533 claims
2010s$410.2M · 12,166 claims
2020s$4.5M · 189 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2012 | $400.9M | 11,429 claims |
| 1992 | $33.9M | 3,762 claims |
| 1984 | $4.1M | 1,073 claims |
| 1985 | $3.7M | 935 claims |
| 2018 | $2.6M | 120 claims |
Full disaster history for Atlantic County →
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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.