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Washoe County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in Nevada
Claims
754
Total paid
$30.9M
Average / claim
$41K
Building / contents
$21.0M / $9.9M
Paid by decade
1970s$2K · 2 claims
1980s$568K · 83 claims
1990s$16.8M · 339 claims
2000s$10.2M · 159 claims
2010s$2.9M · 155 claims
2020s$360K · 16 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1997 | $16.7M | 307 claims |
| 2005 | $9.6M | 130 claims |
| 2017 | $2.8M | 116 claims |
| 2006 | $651K | 17 claims |
| 1986 | $542K | 62 claims |
Full disaster history for Washoe County →
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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.