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Howard County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 6th highest paid in Maryland
Claims
422
Total paid
$15.7M
Average / claim
$37K
Building / contents
$13.8M / $2.0M
Paid by decade
1970s$111K · 24 claims
1980s$116K · 46 claims
1990s$92K · 20 claims
2000s$275K · 30 claims
2010s$15.1M · 273 claims
2020s$63K · 29 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2018 | $8.0M | 121 claims |
| 2016 | $6.6M | 74 claims |
| 2011 | $452K | 36 claims |
| 2006 | $218K | 11 claims |
| 1979 | $111K | 23 claims |
Full disaster history for Howard 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.