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Catawba County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 49th highest paid in North Carolina

Claims
210
Total paid
$4.8M
Average / claim
$23K
Building / contents
$4.0M / $789K

Paid by decade

1970s$0 · 1 claims
1980s$63K · 6 claims
1990s$207K · 17 claims
2000s$264K · 32 claims
2010s$2.1M · 92 claims
2020s$2.2M · 62 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2019$1.3M38 claims
2020$1.3M41 claims
2024$897K21 claims
2013$700K40 claims
2004$158K12 claims

Full disaster history for Catawba 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.