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Norfolk city Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Virginia
Claims
6,008
Total paid
$68.1M
Average / claim
$11K
Building / contents
$62.9M / $5.2M
Paid by decade
1970s$306K · 106 claims
1980s$414K · 149 claims
1990s$3.3M · 955 claims
2000s$43.0M · 3,154 claims
2010s$20.7M · 1,570 claims
2020s$437K · 74 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2009 | $23.8M | 1,504 claims |
| 2003 | $16.0M | 1,315 claims |
| 2011 | $11.6M | 770 claims |
| 2016 | $5.4M | 374 claims |
| 2012 | $2.4M | 210 claims |
Full disaster history for Norfolk city →
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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.