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Newport News city Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 8th highest paid in Virginia
Claims
1,065
Total paid
$23.8M
Average / claim
$22K
Building / contents
$22.1M / $1.7M
Paid by decade
1970s$31K · 19 claims
1980s$147K · 27 claims
1990s$1.1M · 180 claims
2000s$7.7M · 374 claims
2010s$14.5M · 432 claims
2020s$251K · 33 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2012 | $5.9M | 186 claims |
| 2016 | $3.6M | 60 claims |
| 2014 | $3.5M | 73 claims |
| 2009 | $3.2M | 117 claims |
| 2003 | $2.4M | 168 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.