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Somerset County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792026 · 8th highest paid in Maryland

Claims
1,260
Total paid
$14.7M
Average / claim
$12K
Building / contents
$13.8M / $922K

Paid by decade

1970s$2K · 3 claims
1980s$177K · 90 claims
1990s$540K · 125 claims
2000s$1.4M · 169 claims
2010s$10.5M · 742 claims
2020s$2.1M · 131 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2012$10.2M689 claims
2003$1.3M153 claims
2021$1.2M73 claims
1999$510K103 claims
2022$323K21 claims

Full disaster history for Somerset County

Most-paid counties in Maryland

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.