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Westmoreland County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 18th highest paid in Pennsylvania

Claims
1,591
Total paid
$21.2M
Average / claim
$13K
Building / contents
$16.1M / $5.1M

Paid by decade

1970s$161K · 127 claims
1980s$706K · 253 claims
1990s$2.5M · 341 claims
2000s$9.3M · 382 claims
2010s$6.3M · 385 claims
2020s$2.2M · 103 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2009$4.2M124 claims
2018$4.0M175 claims
2004$2.9M124 claims
1996$2.1M231 claims
2005$1.3M30 claims

Full disaster history for Westmoreland County

Most-paid counties in Pennsylvania

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.