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Whatcom County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1979–2026 · 3rd highest paid in Washington
Claims
1,211
Total paid
$52.6M
Average / claim
$43K
Building / contents
$48.8M / $3.8M
Paid by decade
1970s$96K · 13 claims
1980s$827K · 93 claims
1990s$2.5M · 211 claims
2000s$3.2M · 165 claims
2010s$379K · 41 claims
2020s$45.5M · 688 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2021 | $22.3M | 329 claims |
| 2025 | $21.3M | 297 claims |
| 1990 | $2.0M | 142 claims |
| 2009 | $1.6M | 56 claims |
| 2022 | $925K | 28 claims |
Full disaster history for Whatcom 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.