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Petersburg city Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792025 · 51th highest paid in Virginia

Claims
129
Total paid
$2.3M
Average / claim
$17K
Building / contents
$2.1M / $174K

Paid by decade

1970s$20K · 8 claims
1980s$12K · 10 claims
1990s$172K · 32 claims
2000s$352K · 27 claims
2010s$260K · 23 claims
2020s$1.4M · 29 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2025$786K14 claims
2024$518K5 claims
2003$216K12 claims
1999$125K19 claims
2016$119K5 claims

Full disaster history for Petersburg city

Most-paid counties in Virginia

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.