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Washington County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 5th highest paid in Mississippi

Claims
1,955
Total paid
$36.2M
Average / claim
$19K
Building / contents
$31.6M / $4.6M

Paid by decade

1970s$978K · 110 claims
1980s$1.9M · 248 claims
1990s$4.8M · 502 claims
2000s$10.2M · 585 claims
2010s$18.1M · 479 claims
2020s$395K · 31 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2011$10.6M117 claims
2008$9.2M421 claims
2016$3.9M197 claims
2019$2.1M96 claims
1997$1.7M100 claims

Full disaster history for Washington County

Most-paid counties in Mississippi

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.