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ZIP code 06477, New Haven 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.

OpenFEMA lists 162 NFIP claims for ZIP 06477 (New Haven County, Connecticut), with $1.7M paid on 133 claims since 1978.

That is 1.7% of the 9,609 claims recorded across New Haven County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $13K, lower than the county average of $23K and the Connecticut average of $24K.

FEMA counts 20 repetitive-loss properties and 8 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

162NFIP claims since 1978
133paid claims
$1.7Mtotal paid
$13Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 06477New HavenConnecticutUS
Claims since 19781629,60929,4922,680,429
Share of claims paid82%79%79%78%
Average paid claim$13K$23K$24K$43K
Share of county claims1.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties201,2143,132—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 06477 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s12$49,431
1980s64$526,983
1990s24$218,269
2000s18$176,931
2010s27$376,744
2020s17$323,772
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202210$0—
20211614$323,772$23,127
201855$51,997$10,399
201411$3,155$3,155
201311$13,893$13,893
201210$0—
20111916$307,700$19,231
2007119$89,163$9,907
200644$62,536$15,634
200511$11,971$11,971
200421$13,262$13,262
199910$0—
199810$0—
19962015$213,310$14,221
199221$4,958$4,958
198944$28,342$7,086
198611$843$843
198411$13,009$13,009
19831513$57,928$4,456
19822826$388,450$14,940
198110$0—
19801412$38,412$3,201
1979118$49,431$6,179
197810$0—

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 Haven County

New Haven County has 646 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (29 in the last 12 months), 36 federal disaster declarations, and no National Risk Index row under current boundaries. Flood-type events recorded in the county: 158; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 8.

Hail: 66 · Tornado: 21 · Flood: 158 · Wind: 345 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 06477?

162 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 133 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 06477?

$1.7M across 133 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $13K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 06477?

1982, with 28 claims and $388K paid.

What county is ZIP 06477 in?

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