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Fairfield County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19872024 · 23th highest paid in South Carolina

Claims
75
Total paid
$964K
Average / claim
$13K
Building / contents
$894K / $70K

Paid by decade

1980s$68K · 12 claims
1990s$1K · 3 claims
2000s$23K · 9 claims
2010s$322K · 18 claims
2020s$550K · 33 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2015$321K12 claims
2024$292K20 claims
2020$258K13 claims
1989$68K11 claims
2003$23K9 claims

Full disaster history for Fairfield County

Most-paid counties in South Carolina

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.