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Putnam County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 32th highest paid in West Virginia
Claims
290
Total paid
$3.3M
Average / claim
$11K
Building / contents
$2.7M / $557K
Paid by decade
1970s$2K · 5 claims
1980s$54K · 23 claims
1990s$376K · 58 claims
2000s$924K · 117 claims
2010s$1.6M · 74 claims
2020s$341K · 13 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2018 | $1.2M | 36 claims |
| 2003 | $452K | 44 claims |
| 2015 | $206K | 18 claims |
| 2004 | $170K | 21 claims |
| 1996 | $151K | 17 claims |
Full disaster history for Putnam 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.