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Edgecombe County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 23th highest paid in North Carolina

Claims
795
Total paid
$28.2M
Average / claim
$35K
Building / contents
$24.4M / $3.8M

Paid by decade

1970s$4K · 5 claims
1980s$16K · 10 claims
1990s$11.4M · 354 claims
2000s$92K · 34 claims
2010s$16.4M · 353 claims
2020s$310K · 39 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2016$16.3M333 claims
1999$11.3M317 claims
2020$298K32 claims
1996$82K21 claims
2013$74K4 claims

Full disaster history for Edgecombe 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.