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Lehigh County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 29th highest paid in Pennsylvania

Claims
967
Total paid
$12.4M
Average / claim
$13K
Building / contents
$8.0M / $4.4M

Paid by decade

1970s$602K · 185 claims
1980s$2.8M · 257 claims
1990s$791K · 98 claims
2000s$3.2M · 178 claims
2010s$1.5M · 130 claims
2020s$3.5M · 119 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2020$3.0M88 claims
2004$1.9M80 claims
1987$1.9M91 claims
2005$1.0M64 claims
2011$730K74 claims

Full disaster history for Lehigh 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.