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Columbia County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 26th highest paid in Washington

Claims
56
Total paid
$501K
Average / claim
$9K
Building / contents
$495K / $6K

Paid by decade

1970s$6K · 4 claims
1980s$171 · 2 claims
1990s$144K · 34 claims
2010s$0 · 1 claims
2020s$352K · 15 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2026$282K5 claims
1996$131K28 claims
2020$70K9 claims
1997$13K6 claims
1978$5K3 claims

Full disaster history for Columbia County

Most-paid counties in Washington

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.