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Madison County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 38th highest paid in North Carolina

Claims
110
Total paid
$8.8M
Average / claim
$80K
Building / contents
$7.9M / $823K

Paid by decade

1970s$26K · 5 claims
1980s$46K · 5 claims
1990s$65K · 19 claims
2000s$724K · 31 claims
2010s$15K · 6 claims
2020s$7.9M · 44 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2024$7.9M41 claims
2004$656K27 claims
2005$66K2 claims
1989$31K2 claims
1998$19K2 claims

Full disaster history for Madison County →

Most-paid counties in North Carolina

Craven County$236.3MDare County$226.1MNew Hanover County$187.3MBeaufort County$125.2MCarteret County$123.1MPender County$117.4MBuncombe County$103.9MBrunswick County$99.3M

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.