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Roanoke city Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2025 · 9th highest paid in Virginia
Claims
1,184
Total paid
$20.2M
Average / claim
$17K
Building / contents
$13.0M / $7.1M
Paid by decade
1970s$994K · 138 claims
1980s$8.3M · 399 claims
1990s$2.1M · 238 claims
2000s$6.2M · 232 claims
2010s$2.0M · 156 claims
2020s$604K · 21 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1985 | $7.6M | 216 claims |
| 2004 | $3.7M | 136 claims |
| 1992 | $1.7M | 150 claims |
| 2003 | $1.4M | 64 claims |
| 2013 | $1.2M | 81 claims |
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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.