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Kanawha County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in West Virginia
Claims
2,446
Total paid
$42.9M
Average / claim
$18K
Building / contents
$36.3M / $6.6M
Paid by decade
1970s$293K · 142 claims
1980s$355K · 162 claims
1990s$6.3M · 480 claims
2000s$9.6M · 860 claims
2010s$21.7M · 602 claims
2020s$4.6M · 200 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2016 | $18.7M | 336 claims |
| 2003 | $5.0M | 483 claims |
| 1998 | $2.8M | 132 claims |
| 1997 | $2.4M | 203 claims |
| 2004 | $2.1M | 148 claims |
Full disaster history for Kanawha 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.