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ZIP code 10310, 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 10310, in Richmond County, New York, has 482 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 387 of them paid for a total of $2.0M.

That is 2.5% 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 50 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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.

482NFIP claims since 1978
387paid claims
$2.0Mtotal paid
$5Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 10310RichmondNew YorkUS
Claims since 197848219,422175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid80%84%82%78%
Average paid claim$5K$17K$40K$43K
Share of county claims2.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties502,38719,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 10310 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s212$472,382
1980s210$286,222
1990s8$12,219
2000s5$2,842
2010s38$964,935
2020s9$254,413
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202187$254,413$36,345
202010$0—
201721$7,185$7,185
201610$0—
201411$125$125
20121817$821,752$48,338
20111411$109,358$9,942
201021$26,514$26,514
200910$0—
200711$2,842$2,842
200310$0—
200220$0—
199710$0—
199611$5,732$5,732
199411$4,857$4,857
199310$0—
199241$1,631$1,631
198520$0—
19842010$15,948$1,595
19834434$58,628$1,724
1982167$6,111$873
19811612$34,717$2,893
198011293$170,817$1,837
1979134119$298,259$2,506
19787870$174,123$2,487

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 10310?

482 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 387 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 10310?

$2.0M across 387 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $5K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 10310?

1979, with 134 claims and $298K paid.

What county is ZIP 10310 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.