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Providence County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 2nd highest paid in Rhode Island
Claims
1,626
Total paid
$48.9M
Average / claim
$30K
Building / contents
$35.8M / $13.1M
Paid by decade
1970s$2.3M · 201 claims
1980s$2.9M · 267 claims
1990s$1.9M · 120 claims
2000s$12.5M · 362 claims
2010s$19.6M · 535 claims
2020s$9.7M · 141 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2010 | $19.1M | 476 claims |
| 2005 | $9.4M | 232 claims |
| 2023 | $4.2M | 62 claims |
| 2024 | $3.9M | 58 claims |
| 1979 | $1.9M | 123 claims |
Full disaster history for Providence County →
Most-paid counties in Rhode Island
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.