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ZIP code 10304, Richmond County, New York

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 654 NFIP claims for ZIP 10304 (Richmond County, New York), with $2.5M paid on 520 claims since 1978.

That is 3.4% of the 19,422 claims recorded across Richmond County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $5K, lower than the county average of $17K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 81 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 5,301 residential flood policies in force, covering 4.4% of residential structures.

654NFIP claims since 1978
520paid claims
$2.5Mtotal paid
$5Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 10304RichmondNew YorkUS
Claims since 197865419,422175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid80%84%82%78%
Average paid claim$5K$17K$40K$43K
Share of county claims3.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties812,38719,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 10304 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s302$746,375
1980s296$470,419
1990s14$107,008
2000s6$35,994
2010s28$909,491
2020s8$228,597
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202510$0—
202310$0—
202165$228,597$45,719
201810$0—
201510$0—
201411$11,715$11,715
201310$0—
2012119$733,478$81,498
2011108$155,882$19,485
201031$8,417$8,417
200811$5,449$5,449
200733$16,532$5,511
200610$0—
200111$14,014$14,014
199910$0—
199811$24,580$24,580
199632$14,561$7,280
199410$0—
199222$10,310$5,155
199153$52,540$17,513
199011$5,016$5,016
198833$3,136$1,045
198731$5,733$5,733
198620$0—
198531$1,169$1,169
1984219$17,904$1,989
19835237$47,001$1,270
19822514$33,936$2,424
19813422$48,226$2,192
1980153125$313,315$2,507
1979181156$452,719$2,902
1978121114$293,656$2,576

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: Richmond County

Richmond County has 205 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (18 in the last 12 months), 25 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 66; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 2.

Hail: 18 · Tornado: 4 · Flood: 66 · Wind: 92 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 10304?

654 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 520 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 10304?

$2.5M across 520 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $5K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 10304?

1979, with 181 claims and $453K paid.

What county is ZIP 10304 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Richmond County, New York; 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.