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Sussex County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782024 · 21th highest paid in New Jersey

Claims
192
Total paid
$2.0M
Average / claim
$10K
Building / contents
$1.8M / $135K

Paid by decade

1970s$3K · 11 claims
1980s$40K · 26 claims
1990s$108K · 34 claims
2000s$571K · 46 claims
2010s$1.2M · 69 claims
2020s$25K · 6 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$888K58 claims
2018$255K3 claims
2006$227K8 claims
2005$158K9 claims
2004$99K6 claims

Full disaster history for Sussex County

Most-paid counties in New Jersey

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.