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ZIP code 06359, 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 06359, in New London County, Connecticut, has 16 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 14 of them paid for a total of $174K.

That is 0.7% of the 2,155 claims recorded across New London County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $12K, lower than the county average of $19K and the Connecticut average of $24K.

FEMA counts 2 repetitive-loss properties and 0 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

16NFIP claims since 1978
14paid claims
$174Ktotal paid
$12Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 06359New LondonConnecticutUS
Claims since 1978162,15529,4922,680,429
Share of claims paid88%76%79%78%
Average paid claim$12K$19K$24K$43K
Share of county claims0.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties21493,132—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 06359 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$174
1980s1$1,251
1990s0$0
2000s3$26,844
2010s11$145,593
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
2010119$145,593$16,177
200922$17,046$8,523
200711$9,798$9,798
198511$1,251$1,251
197911$174$174

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 06359?

16 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 14 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 06359?

$174K across 14 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $12K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 06359?

2010, with 11 claims and $146K paid.

What county is ZIP 06359 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.