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Monroe County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 44th highest paid in West Virginia

Claims
89
Total paid
$1.7M
Average / claim
$19K
Building / contents
$1.4M / $340K

Paid by decade

1970s$2K · 2 claims
1980s$119K · 10 claims
1990s$659K · 37 claims
2000s$141K · 15 claims
2010s$586K · 19 claims
2020s$193K · 6 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

1996$659K37 claims
2016$495K15 claims
2020$173K5 claims
1985$115K8 claims
2003$68K6 claims

Full disaster history for Monroe County

Most-paid counties in West Virginia

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.