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Lavaca County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19802021 · 102th highest paid in Texas

Claims
115
Total paid
$1.5M
Average / claim
$13K
Building / contents
$798K / $699K

Paid by decade

1980s$806K · 60 claims
1990s$120K · 34 claims
2000s$571K · 16 claims
2010s$0 · 4 claims
2020s$0 · 1 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

1981$800K33 claims
2001$276K2 claims
2009$258K6 claims
1998$65K8 claims
1997$21K8 claims

Full disaster history for Lavaca County

Most-paid counties in Texas

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.