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Milwaukee County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in Wisconsin
Claims
2,434
Total paid
$29.0M
Average / claim
$12K
Building / contents
$24.8M / $4.2M
Paid by decade
1970s$115K · 53 claims
1980s$233K · 151 claims
1990s$12.0M · 1,411 claims
2000s$1.1M · 241 claims
2010s$3.5M · 277 claims
2020s$12.1M · 301 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2025 | $11.8M | 271 claims |
| 1997 | $6.3M | 648 claims |
| 1998 | $5.7M | 688 claims |
| 2010 | $3.4M | 238 claims |
| 2008 | $859K | 137 claims |
Full disaster history for Milwaukee 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.