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Braxton County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782021 · 51th highest paid in West Virginia

Claims
40
Total paid
$509K
Average / claim
$13K
Building / contents
$428K / $81K

Paid by decade

1970s$2K · 2 claims
1980s$5K · 4 claims
1990s$75K · 10 claims
2000s$119K · 14 claims
2010s$286K · 6 claims
2020s$21K · 4 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2015$286K4 claims
2000$75K5 claims
1996$54K5 claims
2003$30K6 claims
2021$20K3 claims

Full disaster history for Braxton County

Most-paid counties in West Virginia

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.