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Guilford County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 35th highest paid in North Carolina

Claims
680
Total paid
$9.4M
Average / claim
$14K
Building / contents
$8.4M / $955K

Paid by decade

1970s$794K · 85 claims
1980s$361K · 86 claims
1990s$924K · 116 claims
2000s$2.6M · 183 claims
2010s$3.5M · 154 claims
2020s$1.1M · 56 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2018$1.7M61 claims
2019$1.4M57 claims
2000$1.4M62 claims
2003$763K61 claims
1979$730K75 claims

Full disaster history for Guilford County

Most-paid counties in North 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.