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Virginia Beach city Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in Virginia
Claims
6,259
Total paid
$103.1M
Average / claim
$16K
Building / contents
$89.8M / $13.2M
Paid by decade
1970s$70K · 71 claims
1980s$1.5M · 409 claims
1990s$7.0M · 1,379 claims
2000s$28.6M · 1,915 claims
2010s$64.6M · 2,305 claims
2020s$1.5M · 180 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2016 | $53.4M | 1,494 claims |
| 2009 | $18.2M | 866 claims |
| 2003 | $6.9M | 643 claims |
| 2011 | $5.1M | 328 claims |
| 2012 | $3.4M | 216 claims |
Full disaster history for Virginia Beach city →
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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.