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Mathews County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 12th highest paid in Virginia

Claims
1,162
Total paid
$18.8M
Average / claim
$16K
Building / contents
$16.7M / $2.2M

Paid by decade

1970s$5K · 7 claims
1980s$35K · 15 claims
1990s$312K · 64 claims
2000s$17.0M · 965 claims
2010s$1.4M · 107 claims
2020s$51K · 4 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2003$12.7M638 claims
2006$2.9M201 claims
2009$1.4M112 claims
2011$651K53 claims
2012$253K15 claims

Full disaster history for Mathews 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.