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ZIP code 07740, Monmouth 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.

OpenFEMA lists 1,394 NFIP claims for ZIP 07740 (Monmouth County, New Jersey), with $54M paid on 1,120 claims since 1978.

That is 7% of the 20,039 claims recorded across Monmouth County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $49K, close to the county average of $55K and the New Jersey average of $38K.

FEMA counts 61 repetitive-loss properties and 9 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 14,530 residential flood policies in force, covering 7.4% of residential structures.

1,394NFIP claims since 1978
1,120paid claims
$54Mtotal paid
$49Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 07740MonmouthNew JerseyUS
Claims since 19781,39420,039202,3402,680,429
Share of claims paid80%85%84%78%
Average paid claim$49K$55K$38K$43K
Share of county claims7.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties611,26714,863—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 07740 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s18$39,181
1980s101$265,179
1990s333$4,062,361
2000s55$334,898
2010s850$49,090,472
2020s37$574,750
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202673$392,011$130,670
202521$5,506$5,506
202444$20,685$5,171
20231313$125,943$9,688
202252$26,285$13,142
202141$2,397$2,397
202021$1,924$1,924
201911$2,482$2,482
201833$80,802$26,934
201710$0—
201610$0—
201473$35,412$11,804
201343$79,370$26,457
2012739672$47,804,244$71,137
20116645$804,872$17,886
20102821$283,290$13,490
200811$5,458$5,458
200721$1,481$1,481
200611$8,652$8,652
20051712$89,737$7,478
200420$0—
200351$19,801$19,801
20021813$190,195$14,630
200185$19,574$3,915
200010$0—
199943$6,243$2,081
1998176$9,678$1,613
199740$0—
1996117$43,244$6,178
199510$0—
199452$4,073$2,036
199371$956$956
1992263211$3,884,765$18,411
19911815$105,437$7,029
199031$7,966$7,966
198941$857$857
198810$0—
198752$3,654$1,827
198610$0—
19851111$46,479$4,225
19846941$174,290$4,251
198383$39,899$13,300
198210$0—
198010$0—
197993$2,783$928
197896$36,399$6,066

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: Monmouth County

Monmouth County has 732 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (32 in the last 12 months), 28 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 122; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 3.

Hail: 78 · Tornado: 17 · Flood: 122 · Wind: 397 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 07740?

1,394 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,120 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 07740?

$54M across 1,120 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $49K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 07740?

2012, with 739 claims and $48M paid.

What county is ZIP 07740 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Monmouth 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.