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Newton County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792025 · 24th highest paid in Texas

Claims
552
Total paid
$27.7M
Average / claim
$50K
Building / contents
$21.8M / $5.9M

Paid by decade

1970s$781 · 1 claims
1980s$382K · 49 claims
1990s$496K · 45 claims
2000s$713K · 47 claims
2010s$24.6M · 378 claims
2020s$1.5M · 32 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2017$15.7M260 claims
2016$8.9M107 claims
2024$1.4M25 claims
2006$463K17 claims
1999$299K21 claims

Full disaster history for Newton County

Most-paid counties in Texas

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.