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Ward County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2024 · 2nd highest paid in North Dakota
Claims
1,107
Total paid
$69.4M
Average / claim
$63K
Building / contents
$61.9M / $7.6M
Paid by decade
1970s$729K · 213 claims
1980s$96K · 92 claims
1990s$259K · 42 claims
2000s$166K · 31 claims
2010s$68.1M · 718 claims
2020s$101K · 11 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2011 | $66.9M | 640 claims |
| 1979 | $726K | 210 claims |
| 2012 | $494K | 22 claims |
| 2013 | $289K | 23 claims |
| 2014 | $263K | 11 claims |
Full disaster history for Ward County →
Most-paid counties in North Dakota
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.