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Columbia County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 6th highest paid in Pennsylvania

Claims
2,200
Total paid
$61.3M
Average / claim
$28K
Building / contents
$52.6M / $8.7M

Paid by decade

1970s$129K · 95 claims
1980s$151K · 84 claims
1990s$1.9M · 308 claims
2000s$17.4M · 735 claims
2010s$41.6M · 972 claims
2020s$101K · 6 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$37.8M798 claims
2006$15.1M524 claims
2018$3.7M138 claims
2004$1.9M136 claims
1996$1.8M261 claims

Full disaster history for Columbia 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.