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Lincoln County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2025 · 1st highest paid in New Mexico
Claims
269
Total paid
$17.0M
Average / claim
$63K
Building / contents
$15.1M / $1.9M
Paid by decade
1970s$2K · 3 claims
1980s$51K · 14 claims
1990s$2K · 1 claims
2000s$2.1M · 52 claims
2010s$15K · 8 claims
2020s$14.9M · 191 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2025 | $7.9M | 88 claims |
| 2024 | $6.9M | 88 claims |
| 2008 | $2.1M | 50 claims |
| 2021 | $60K | 15 claims |
| 1984 | $29K | 5 claims |
Full disaster history for Lincoln 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.