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Portsmouth city flood insurance

Published NFIP policy and loss records, alongside a way to check the map.

Average annual premium and federal policy fee per policy unit

$558

As of 2026-08-31. A portfolio average, not a quote for a home.

Policies in force, including condo units
3,646
Cumulative recorded losses
1,737
Net dollars paid
$19,863,798

Cumulative losses in the HUDEX report through August 31, 2026. Loss counts include claims closed without payment. No annual series or first loss year is stated in this report.

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What these records tell you

Portsmouth city’s 3,646 policy units describe the published NFIP book of business. The average combines different buildings, limits and deductibles. Private flood insurance is outside this dataset.

Historic net payments measure reported insured losses; they do not measure all economic damage or a home’s probability of flooding. The separate OpenFEMA release below provides a year-of-loss breakdown.

Nearby county records

These counties are closest by Census internal point; this list does not assert shared borders.

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Largest recorded loss years

Published net claim payments from 1978 through 2026, grouped by year of loss. Dollar amounts are nominal. The 2026-09-08 OpenFEMA claims release is a separate population from the policy workbook above.

2009$5,499,9792016$5,262,9442003$3,389,9392011$1,540,4152014$1,180,908
All published years and net payments
Portsmouth city claims history
Year of lossNet payments
1978$2,202
1979$0
1980$191
1981$0
1982$20,919
1985$4,167
1986$514
1987$11,124
1988$6,195
1989$0
1990$173,448
1991$9,266
1992$11,480
1993$0
1994$26,219
1995$0
1996$0
1997$10,976
1998$148,121
1999$1,019,574
2001$2,413
2002$0
2003$3,389,939
2004$86,211
2005$322,698
2006$502,500
2007$9,557
2008$7,906
2009$5,499,979
2010$51,764
2011$1,540,415
2012$322,076
2013$19,750
2014$1,180,908
2015$39,558
2016$5,262,944
2017$6,687
2018$170,933
2019$11,275
2020$51,531
2021$7,170
2022$12,143
2023$35,229
2024$18,806
2025$15,383
2026$4,735

1,748 published claim records in this county series. Records without payment are included in counts. Missing county records are retained in national controls and are not allocated to counties. OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims V3.

Data and methodology

Complete official HUDEX report, summed across its community rows within each geocoded county FIPS. Policy Count includes condominium units under master policies. Average premium is Total Premium + Federal Policy Fee divided by Policy Count; this is an aggregate per policy unit, not a property quote. Loss counts include losses closed without payment. Total Net Dollars Paid is cumulative in this report, including the source's adjustments. The report does not specify the first loss year or split losses by year, so a starting year and annual breakdown are not inferred. Unassigned county records are retained in state totals separately. No record sampling.

Official NFIP policy and loss geography workbook

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