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ZIP code 08807, Somerset 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 08807, in Somerset County, New Jersey, has 258 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 214 of them paid for a total of $8.2M.

That is 4% of the 6,502 claims recorded across Somerset County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $39K, close to the county average of $42K and the New Jersey average of $38K.

FEMA counts 10 repetitive-loss properties and 4 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 1,407 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.4% of residential structures.

258NFIP claims since 1978
214paid claims
$8.2Mtotal paid
$39Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 08807SomersetNew JerseyUS
Claims since 19782586,502202,3402,680,429
Share of claims paid83%89%84%78%
Average paid claim$39K$42K$38K$43K
Share of county claims4.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties101,00614,863—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 08807 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s15$27,498
1980s18$56,582
1990s65$1,435,812
2000s28$239,061
2010s64$1,774,642
2020s68$4,706,272
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$1,478$1,478
202322$4,988$2,494
202221$6,601$6,601
20216355$4,693,205$85,331
201931$8,099$8,099
201511$4,334$4,334
201311$963$963
201262$23,248$11,624
20114947$1,665,368$35,433
201044$72,629$18,157
20071812$206,844$17,237
200611$7,915$7,915
200520$0—
200420$0—
200310$0—
200211$6,261$6,261
200033$18,041$6,014
19993937$1,143,216$30,898
199810$0—
19961915$286,435$19,096
199441$1,740$1,740
199211$1,524$1,524
199011$2,897$2,897
198910$0—
198510$0—
19841111$49,167$4,470
198321$6,015$6,015
198232$1,401$701
19791211$25,477$2,316
197832$2,021$1,010

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: Somerset County

Somerset County has 1,258 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (65 in the last 12 months), 30 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 221; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 1.

Hail: 43 · Tornado: 4 · Flood: 221 · Wind: 444 · Winter: 253 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 08807?

258 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 214 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 08807?

$8.2M across 214 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $39K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 08807?

2021, with 63 claims and $4.7M paid.

What county is ZIP 08807 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Somerset 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.