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Luzerne County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Pennsylvania
Claims
4,147
Total paid
$92.6M
Average / claim
$22K
Building / contents
$73.9M / $18.7M
Paid by decade
1970s$796K · 526 claims
1980s$509K · 413 claims
1990s$7.4M · 894 claims
2000s$18.9M · 1,281 claims
2010s$63.6M · 958 claims
2020s$1.5M · 75 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2011 | $62.3M | 899 claims |
| 2004 | $9.6M | 539 claims |
| 2006 | $8.3M | 541 claims |
| 1996 | $7.0M | 744 claims |
| 1979 | $707K | 425 claims |
Full disaster history for Luzerne 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.