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ZIP code 07660, Bergen County, New Jersey

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 07660, in Bergen County, New Jersey, has 267 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 223 of them paid for a total of $4.4M.

That is 1.8% of the 14,477 claims recorded across Bergen County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, lower than the county average of $35K and the New Jersey average of $38K.

FEMA counts 51 repetitive-loss properties and 5 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 5,724 residential flood policies in force, covering 2.3% of residential structures.

267NFIP claims since 1978
223paid claims
$4.4Mtotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 07660BergenNew JerseyUS
Claims since 197826714,477202,3402,680,429
Share of claims paid84%85%84%78%
Average paid claim$20K$35K$38K$43K
Share of county claims1.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties512,02614,863—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 07660 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s7$12,046
1980s18$32,958
1990s47$261,008
2000s20$98,330
2010s157$3,624,834
2020s18$325,917
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202442$17,712$8,856
202233$40,774$13,591
2021107$267,430$38,204
202010$0—
201831$14,570$14,570
201710$0—
20129288$2,908,158$33,047
20115246$599,058$13,023
201098$103,048$12,881
200810$0—
20071311$87,432$7,948
200610$0—
200533$4,198$1,399
200411$2,904$2,904
200311$3,796$3,796
199975$16,410$3,282
199699$68,272$7,586
199420$0—
199310$0—
19922321$167,731$7,987
199154$8,596$2,149
198911$2,548$2,548
198773$3,491$1,164
198521$8,796$8,796
198431$17,287$17,287
198310$0—
198120$0—
198021$835$835
197944$11,341$2,835
197832$705$353

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: Bergen County

Bergen County has 1,020 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (12 in the last 12 months), 32 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 390; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 2.

Hail: 82 · Tornado: 9 · Flood: 390 · Wind: 403 · Winter: 37 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 07660?

267 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 223 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 07660?

$4.4M across 223 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 07660?

2012, with 92 claims and $2.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 07660 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Bergen County, New Jersey; 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.