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New York County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 8th highest paid in New York
Claims
1,497
Total paid
$120.7M
Average / claim
$81K
Building / contents
$113.4M / $7.3M
Paid by decade
1970s$982K · 128 claims
1980s$772K · 214 claims
1990s$2.0M · 122 claims
2000s$555K · 77 claims
2010s$112.7M · 790 claims
2020s$3.6M · 166 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2012 | $111.6M | 670 claims |
| 2021 | $2.0M | 110 claims |
| 2023 | $1.3M | 35 claims |
| 1992 | $1.3M | 44 claims |
| 2011 | $949K | 70 claims |
Full disaster history for New York 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.