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ZIP code 11096, Nassau 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 11096, in Nassau County, New York, has 360 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 309 of them paid for a total of $20M.

That is 0.7% of the 51,523 claims recorded across Nassau County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $64K, close to the county average of $51K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 20 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 35,824 residential flood policies in force, covering 9.7% of residential structures.

360NFIP claims since 1978
309paid claims
$20Mtotal paid
$64Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11096NassauNew YorkUS
Claims since 197836051,523175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid86%87%82%78%
Average paid claim$64K$51K$40K$43K
Share of county claims0.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties206,49119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11096 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$2,621
1980s4$429
1990s24$121,727
2000s15$70,300
2010s295$19,056,552
2020s21$477,587
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$1,506$1,506
2023108$149,681$18,710
202285$312,443$62,489
202121$13,957$13,957
201810$0—
201520$0—
201430$0—
201311$7,251$7,251
2012254244$18,783,190$76,980
20113123$243,085$10,569
201031$23,025$23,025
200921$6,789$6,789
200810$0—
200721$8,889$8,889
200610$0—
200565$51,969$10,394
200310$0—
200211$2,653$2,653
200110$0—
199810$0—
199611$979$979
199331$2,058$2,058
19921511$97,809$8,892
199142$20,881$10,441
198910$0—
198810$0—
198021$429$429
197811$2,621$2,621

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: Nassau County

Nassau County has 700 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (7 in the last 12 months), 31 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 227; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 6.

Hail: 81 · Tornado: 9 · Flood: 227 · Wind: 278 · Winter: 34 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 11096?

360 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 309 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11096?

$20M across 309 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $64K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11096?

2012, with 254 claims and $19M paid.

What county is ZIP 11096 in?

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