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Salem County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 18th highest paid in New Jersey

Claims
824
Total paid
$9.1M
Average / claim
$11K
Building / contents
$8.8M / $261K

Paid by decade

1970s$16K · 28 claims
1980s$658K · 208 claims
1990s$362K · 118 claims
2000s$679K · 89 claims
2010s$5.4M · 321 claims
2020s$2.0M · 60 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2012$3.9M150 claims
2021$1.4M26 claims
2011$895K110 claims
2020$510K19 claims
2008$459K25 claims

Full disaster history for Salem County →

Most-paid counties in New Jersey

Ocean County$2.4BMonmouth County$896.6MAtlantic County$474.2MBergen County$431.1MCape May County$404.8MPassaic County$315.2MSomerset County$239.5MMorris County$199.5M

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.