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Essex County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 2nd highest paid in Massachusetts
Claims
5,456
Total paid
$94.0M
Average / claim
$17K
Building / contents
$81.5M / $12.5M
Paid by decade
1970s$4.0M · 733 claims
1980s$2.8M · 563 claims
1990s$21.6M · 1,450 claims
2000s$33.3M · 1,248 claims
2010s$25.3M · 1,160 claims
2020s$7.0M · 302 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2006 | $24.4M | 662 claims |
| 1991 | $15.0M | 763 claims |
| 2018 | $13.4M | 426 claims |
| 2007 | $5.3M | 176 claims |
| 2024 | $4.8M | 165 claims |
Full disaster history for Essex County →
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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.