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Lancaster County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 12th highest paid in Pennsylvania

Claims
2,105
Total paid
$32.7M
Average / claim
$16K
Building / contents
$26.1M / $6.6M

Paid by decade

1970s$1.9M · 519 claims
1980s$1.8M · 321 claims
1990s$2.8M · 297 claims
2000s$4.5M · 254 claims
2010s$18.7M · 614 claims
2020s$2.9M · 100 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$15.9M477 claims
2018$2.6M92 claims
1996$1.7M148 claims
2021$1.5M51 claims
2005$1.4M51 claims

Full disaster history for Lancaster County

Most-paid counties in Pennsylvania

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.