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ZIP code 10305, 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.

ZIP code 10305, in Richmond County, New York, has 3,601 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 3,092 of them paid for a total of $71M.

That is 18.5% of the 19,422 claims recorded across Richmond County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $23K, higher than the county average of $17K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 458 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 5,301 residential flood policies in force, covering 4.4% of residential structures.

3,601NFIP claims since 1978
3,092paid claims
$71Mtotal paid
$23Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 10305RichmondNew YorkUS
Claims since 19783,60119,422175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid86%84%82%78%
Average paid claim$23K$17K$40K$43K
Share of county claims18.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties4582,38719,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 10305 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s920$2,796,176
1980s898$1,338,529
1990s135$529,640
2000s102$420,256
2010s1,479$64,915,124
2020s67$523,862
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202386$38,690$6,448
202210$0—
20215748$485,173$10,108
201911$48,006$48,006
201853$10,333$3,444
201753$102,481$34,160
2015105$32,076$6,415
201483$21,931$7,310
201343$33,452$11,151
20121,1561,125$63,072,781$56,065
2011254198$1,477,543$7,462
20103619$116,521$6,133
200920$0—
200842$11,841$5,921
20075851$336,584$6,600
200641$2,718$2,718
200532$6,545$3,272
2004146$33,078$5,513
200374$20,725$5,181
200243$7,270$2,423
200130$0—
200031$1,495$1,495
199982$2,120$1,060
199853$8,707$2,902
199786$54,242$9,040
19963119$101,734$5,354
199511$5,289$5,289
1994112$4,092$2,046
199321$6,817$6,817
19924734$293,802$8,641
1991179$51,914$5,768
199051$922$922
198960$0—
19883722$74,149$3,370
198710$0—
198610$0—
1985134$9,518$2,379
19844319$32,991$1,736
1983165129$219,019$1,698
19825430$42,495$1,417
1981133108$183,553$1,700
1980445366$776,805$2,122
1979498453$1,482,981$3,274
1978422399$1,313,195$3,291

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 10305?

3,601 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 3,092 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 10305?

$71M across 3,092 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $23K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 10305?

2012, with 1,156 claims and $63M paid.

What county is ZIP 10305 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.