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Somerset County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 7th highest paid in New Jersey
Claims
6,502
Total paid
$239.5M
Average / claim
$37K
Building / contents
$200.8M / $38.7M
Paid by decade
1970s$287K · 162 claims
1980s$440K · 140 claims
1990s$47.1M · 1,739 claims
2000s$39.3M · 1,120 claims
2010s$72.8M · 2,255 claims
2020s$79.5M · 1,086 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2021 | $68.2M | 858 claims |
| 2011 | $55.9M | 1,383 claims |
| 1999 | $40.7M | 1,099 claims |
| 2007 | $38.7M | 1,021 claims |
| 2010 | $15.6M | 710 claims |
Full disaster history for Somerset 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.