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Cleveland County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792024 · 76th highest paid in North Carolina

Claims
54
Total paid
$740K
Average / claim
$14K
Building / contents
$612K / $129K

Paid by decade

1970s$0 · 1 claims
1980s$425 · 4 claims
1990s$130K · 13 claims
2000s$31K · 8 claims
2010s$283K · 13 claims
2020s$296K · 15 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2010$241K10 claims
2024$220K7 claims
1995$115K8 claims
2020$68K7 claims
2013$42K2 claims

Full disaster history for Cleveland County

Most-paid counties in North Carolina

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.