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Orange County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2025 · 17th highest paid in North Carolina
Claims
568
Total paid
$36.3M
Average / claim
$64K
Building / contents
$30.4M / $5.9M
Paid by decade
1970s$902 · 4 claims
1980s$23K · 16 claims
1990s$1.0M · 81 claims
2000s$2.3M · 76 claims
2010s$11.1M · 201 claims
2020s$21.9M · 190 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2025 | $21.0M | 177 claims |
| 2018 | $5.5M | 89 claims |
| 2013 | $4.6M | 75 claims |
| 2000 | $2.0M | 54 claims |
| 2024 | $702K | 8 claims |
Full disaster history for Orange 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.