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ZIP code 10701, Westchester 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 10701, in Westchester County, New York, has 132 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 102 of them paid for a total of $3.8M.

That is 1.1% of the 12,259 claims recorded across Westchester County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $37K, higher than the county average of $27K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 13 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 6,276 residential flood policies in force, covering 3% of residential structures.

132NFIP claims since 1978
102paid claims
$3.8Mtotal paid
$37Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 10701WestchesterNew YorkUS
Claims since 197813212,259175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid77%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$37K$27K$40K$43K
Share of county claims1.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties131,30419,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 10701 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s57$776,459
1980s37$356,867
1990s1$6,117
2000s6$16,633
2010s13$567,341
2020s18$2,050,476
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$122,770$122,770
202321$36,819$36,819
202222$12,020$6,010
20211110$1,693,739$169,374
202021$185,128$185,128
201410$0—
201211$97,882$97,882
2011118$469,458$58,682
200921$3,047$3,047
200811$3,886$3,886
200722$9,699$4,850
200310$0—
199911$6,117$6,117
198720$0—
198444$48,985$12,246
198331$4,776$4,776
198273$5,452$1,817
198122$29,945$14,973
19801913$267,707$20,593
19794539$654,169$16,774
19781211$122,290$11,117

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: Westchester County

Westchester County has 746 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (30 in the last 12 months), 32 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 270; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 4.

Hail: 81 · Tornado: 9 · Flood: 270 · Wind: 344 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 10701?

132 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 102 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 10701?

$3.8M across 102 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $37K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 10701?

1979, with 45 claims and $654K paid.

What county is ZIP 10701 in?

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