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Pierce County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 5th highest paid in Washington
Claims
1,105
Total paid
$25.3M
Average / claim
$23K
Building / contents
$22.6M / $2.7M
Paid by decade
1970s$72K · 16 claims
1980s$692K · 79 claims
1990s$7.6M · 368 claims
2000s$11.3M · 423 claims
2010s$879K · 93 claims
2020s$4.8M · 126 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2009 | $7.5M | 230 claims |
| 1996 | $5.9M | 207 claims |
| 2006 | $3.6M | 143 claims |
| 2022 | $2.8M | 64 claims |
| 2025 | $1.6M | 29 claims |
Full disaster history for Pierce 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.