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ZIP code 06355, New London 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 06355, in New London County, Connecticut, has 257 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 189 of them paid for a total of $3.5M.

That is 11.9% of the 2,155 claims recorded across New London County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $19K, close to the county average of $19K and the Connecticut average of $24K.

FEMA counts 12 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

257NFIP claims since 1978
189paid claims
$3.5Mtotal paid
$19Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 06355New LondonConnecticutUS
Claims since 19782572,15529,4922,680,429
Share of claims paid74%76%79%78%
Average paid claim$19K$19K$24K$43K
Share of county claims11.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties121493,132—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 06355 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s7$2,052
1980s25$18,962
1990s23$76,078
2000s29$146,826
2010s163$3,143,978
2020s10$114,332
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$2,236$2,236
202521$5,568$5,568
202452$77,886$38,943
202222$28,642$14,321
201910$0—
201810$0—
201410$0—
201210594$2,722,200$28,960
201163$39,565$13,188
20104936$382,213$10,617
200975$65,034$13,007
2005159$70,278$7,809
200431$545$545
200211$6,218$6,218
200120$0—
200011$4,751$4,751
199911$1,112$1,112
199811$1,500$1,500
199611$8,638$8,638
199510$0—
199432$3,275$1,638
199254$25,563$6,391
1991116$35,989$5,998
198711$3,131$3,131
198620$0—
198552$3,087$1,543
198310$0—
19821512$12,744$1,062
198010$0—
197931$76$76
197842$1,976$988

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: New London County

New London County has 356 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (7 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: 116; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 8.

Hail: 62 · Tornado: 4 · Flood: 116 · Wind: 137 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 06355?

257 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 189 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 06355?

$3.5M across 189 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $19K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 06355?

2012, with 105 claims and $2.7M paid.

What county is ZIP 06355 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for New London 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.