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Bristol County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 8th highest paid in Massachusetts

Claims
1,558
Total paid
$13.7M
Average / claim
$9K
Building / contents
$11.3M / $2.4M

Paid by decade

1970s$308K · 147 claims
1980s$465K · 171 claims
1990s$6.5M · 660 claims
2000s$1.0M · 155 claims
2010s$3.4M · 329 claims
2020s$2.0M · 96 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

1991$5.2M491 claims
2010$2.5M213 claims
2023$992K49 claims
1998$711K68 claims
2005$697K62 claims

Full disaster history for Bristol County

Most-paid counties in Massachusetts

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.