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Jefferson County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Texas
Claims
22,711
Total paid
$1.2B
Average / claim
$52K
Building / contents
$879.2M / $308.4M
Paid by decade
1970s$5.1M · 930 claims
1980s$15.0M · 3,358 claims
1990s$14.9M · 1,051 claims
2000s$136.1M · 6,315 claims
2010s$1.0B · 10,640 claims
2020s$7.9M · 417 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2017 | $773.4M | 7,338 claims |
| 2019 | $228.4M | 2,771 claims |
| 2008 | $64.6M | 1,604 claims |
| 2005 | $38.7M | 2,634 claims |
| 2001 | $13.6M | 718 claims |
Full disaster history for Jefferson 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.