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ZIP code 06117, Hartford County, Connecticut

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 06117, in Hartford County, Connecticut, has 190 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 152 of them paid for a total of $1.2M.

That is 9.9% of the 1,922 claims recorded across Hartford County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, lower than the county average of $11K and the Connecticut average of $24K.

FEMA counts 19 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.

190NFIP claims since 1978
152paid claims
$1.2Mtotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 06117HartfordConnecticutUS
Claims since 19781901,92229,4922,680,429
Share of claims paid80%74%79%78%
Average paid claim$8K$11K$24K$43K
Share of county claims9.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties191593,132—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 06117 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s60$210,917
1980s44$234,942
1990s18$69,184
2000s17$146,552
2010s28$176,113
2020s23$313,617
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202621$861$861
202332$12,976$6,488
20211818$299,780$16,654
201911$13,188$13,188
201710$0—
201510$0—
20112320$150,513$7,526
201022$12,412$6,206
200910$0—
200822$5,001$2,500
200721$4,609$4,609
200587$122,026$17,432
200311$14,197$14,197
200210$0—
200111$718$718
200010$0—
199955$38,048$7,610
199642$2,323$1,161
199411$7,783$7,783
199265$18,004$3,601
199022$3,027$1,513
198933$21,635$7,212
198811$3,670$3,670
198610$0—
198321$720$720
19823430$208,918$6,964
198030$0—
19795140$177,528$4,438
197896$33,389$5,565

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: Hartford County

Hartford County has 1,108 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (22 in the last 12 months), 30 federal disaster declarations, and no National Risk Index row under current boundaries. Flood-type events recorded in the county: 188; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 4.

Hail: 166 · Tornado: 18 · Flood: 188 · Wind: 519 · Winter: 122 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 06117?

190 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 152 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 06117?

$1.2M across 152 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 06117?

1979, with 51 claims and $178K paid.

What county is ZIP 06117 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Hartford County, Connecticut; 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.