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Chester County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 11th highest paid in Pennsylvania

Claims
1,912
Total paid
$37.5M
Average / claim
$20K
Building / contents
$28.0M / $9.5M

Paid by decade

1970s$557K · 241 claims
1980s$338K · 106 claims
1990s$6.0M · 331 claims
2000s$7.7M · 510 claims
2010s$7.2M · 414 claims
2020s$15.7M · 310 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2021$13.7M215 claims
2006$3.9M193 claims
1999$3.3M191 claims
2011$2.6M160 claims
2003$2.1M170 claims

Full disaster history for Chester County

Most-paid counties in Pennsylvania

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.