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ZIP code 02719, Bristol County, Massachusetts

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 02719, in Bristol County, Massachusetts, has 407 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 314 of them paid for a total of $3.7M.

That is 26.1% of the 1,558 claims recorded across Bristol County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $12K, close to the county average of $13K and the Massachusetts average of $16K.

FEMA counts 15 repetitive-loss properties and 3 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 2,598 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.9% of residential structures.

407NFIP claims since 1978
314paid claims
$3.7Mtotal paid
$12Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 02719BristolMassachusettsUS
Claims since 19784071,55835,3752,680,429
Share of claims paid77%69%78%78%
Average paid claim$12K$13K$16K$43K
Share of county claims26.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties15813,398—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 02719 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s37$76,561
1980s56$91,941
1990s265$2,995,660
2000s13$69,793
2010s27$235,877
2020s9$195,734
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202322$90,951$45,475
202243$82,282$27,427
202133$22,501$7,500
201833$54,559$18,186
201510$0—
201310$0—
20121710$163,302$16,330
201131$7,347$7,347
201022$10,669$5,335
200911$287$287
200810$0—
200711$985$985
200611$34,479$34,479
200533$19,690$6,563
200310$0—
200131$3,924$3,924
200021$10,428$10,428
199796$29,006$4,834
199320$0—
199242$5,488$2,744
1991250210$2,961,165$14,101
198910$0—
19872616$59,104$3,694
198610$0—
1985169$16,144$1,794
198420$0—
198397$16,693$2,385
198210$0—
197933$4,410$1,470
19783429$72,151$2,488

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Bristol County

Bristol County has 528 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (20 in the last 12 months), 30 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 176; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 8.

Hail: 80 · Tornado: 13 · Flood: 176 · Wind: 194 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 02719?

407 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 314 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 02719?

$3.7M across 314 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $12K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 02719?

1991, with 250 claims and $3.0M paid.

What county is ZIP 02719 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Bristol County, Massachusetts; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.