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Horry County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in South Carolina
Claims
12,525
Total paid
$338.4M
Average / claim
$27K
Building / contents
$288.4M / $50.0M
Paid by decade
1970s$241K · 171 claims
1980s$122.2M · 4,294 claims
1990s$25.8M · 3,111 claims
2000s$2.4M · 324 claims
2010s$145.1M · 3,467 claims
2020s$42.7M · 1,158 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1989 | $118.2M | 3,286 claims |
| 2018 | $89.3M | 1,041 claims |
| 2016 | $40.4M | 1,443 claims |
| 2022 | $27.5M | 540 claims |
| 1999 | $19.7M | 1,342 claims |
Full disaster history for Horry 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.