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Richmond city Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2025 · 15th highest paid in Virginia
Claims
547
Total paid
$11.8M
Average / claim
$22K
Building / contents
$6.8M / $5.0M
Paid by decade
1970s$357K · 63 claims
1980s$8.0M · 351 claims
1990s$127K · 19 claims
2000s$2.7M · 65 claims
2010s$393K · 24 claims
2020s$303K · 25 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1985 | $6.2M | 171 claims |
| 2004 | $2.2M | 30 claims |
| 1987 | $1.5M | 148 claims |
| 1979 | $284K | 47 claims |
| 2006 | $247K | 11 claims |
Full disaster history for Richmond city →
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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.