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Floods in Delaware

Property owners in Delaware have filed 6,258 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $91.0 million paid.

  • 6,258flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $91.0Mpaid on those claims
  • 2012most claims in one year, 1,557
  • 34thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Delaware per year 1978: 30 1979: 32 1980: 77 1981: 11 1982: 19 1983: 37 1984: 108 1985: 137 1986: 7 1987: 3 1988: 9 1989: 115 1990: 4 1991: 110 1992: 727 1993: 44 1994: 157 1995: 3 1996: 78 1997: 14 1998: 781 1999: 235 2000: 35 2001: 14 2002: 13 2003: 312 2004: 141 2005: 13 2006: 66 2007: 18 2008: 127 2009: 141 2010: 65 2011: 255 2012: 1,557 1,557 2013: 64 2014: 53 2015: 42 2016: 166 2017: 17 2018: 46 2019: 23 2020: 75 2021: 153 2022: 22 2023: 37 2024: 27 2025: 28 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Delaware
Sussex County4,307
New Castle County1,575
Kent County376

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).