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Elk County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 35th highest paid in Pennsylvania

Claims
322
Total paid
$8.3M
Average / claim
$26K
Building / contents
$4.2M / $4.0M

Paid by decade

1970s$4K · 7 claims
1980s$707K · 71 claims
1990s$1.8M · 62 claims
2000s$244K · 30 claims
2010s$5.3M · 142 claims
2020s$186K · 10 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2014$4.1M79 claims
1996$1.8M54 claims
2010$701K36 claims
1989$660K44 claims
2004$178K22 claims

Full disaster history for Elk 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.