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Baltimore city Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Maryland
Claims
1,063
Total paid
$26.7M
Average / claim
$25K
Building / contents
$17.1M / $9.6M
Paid by decade
1970s$2.5M · 203 claims
1980s$1.5M · 182 claims
1990s$1.8M · 83 claims
2000s$12.0M · 236 claims
2010s$7.3M · 301 claims
2020s$1.5M · 58 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2003 | $7.7M | 155 claims |
| 2014 | $3.5M | 59 claims |
| 2004 | $2.8M | 28 claims |
| 1979 | $2.5M | 188 claims |
| 1999 | $1.5M | 44 claims |
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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.