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Washington County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in Rhode Island
Claims
2,398
Total paid
$51.2M
Average / claim
$21K
Building / contents
$44.1M / $7.2M
Paid by decade
1970s$211K · 78 claims
1980s$892K · 161 claims
1990s$5.1M · 538 claims
2000s$1.6M · 179 claims
2010s$41.6M · 1,360 claims
2020s$1.9M · 82 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2012 | $32.0M | 857 claims |
| 2010 | $7.8M | 422 claims |
| 1991 | $3.3M | 331 claims |
| 2011 | $1.3M | 52 claims |
| 2005 | $825K | 65 claims |
Full disaster history for Washington County →
Most-paid counties in Rhode Island
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.