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El Paso County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 3rd highest paid in Colorado

Claims
856
Total paid
$6.0M
Average / claim
$7K
Building / contents
$5.5M / $443K

Paid by decade

1970s$47K · 9 claims
1980s$63K · 56 claims
1990s$352K · 207 claims
2000s$175K · 48 claims
2010s$5.1M · 489 claims
2020s$233K · 47 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2013$3.7M207 claims
2015$894K139 claims
2018$166K19 claims
1999$159K104 claims
2012$137K28 claims

Full disaster history for El Paso County

Most-paid counties in Colorado

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.