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Montgomery County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2025 · 18th highest paid in Maryland
Claims
775
Total paid
$4.8M
Average / claim
$6K
Building / contents
$4.1M / $650K
Paid by decade
1970s$433K · 84 claims
1980s$173K · 66 claims
1990s$736K · 123 claims
2000s$617K · 96 claims
2010s$1.4M · 284 claims
2020s$1.4M · 122 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2021 | $714K | 33 claims |
| 1996 | $694K | 103 claims |
| 2006 | $535K | 43 claims |
| 1979 | $365K | 56 claims |
| 2025 | $326K | 21 claims |
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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.