County Hazards

States › New York › Queens County › ZIP 11692

ZIP code 11692, Queens 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 11692, in Queens County, New York, has 1,646 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,442 of them paid for a total of $72M.

That is 11% of the 14,948 claims recorded across Queens County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $50K, close to the county average of $55K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 155 repetitive-loss properties and 17 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 11,977 residential flood policies in force, covering 3.7% of residential structures.

1,646NFIP claims since 1978
1,442paid claims
$72Mtotal paid
$50Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11692QueensNew YorkUS
Claims since 19781,64614,948175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid88%86%82%78%
Average paid claim$50K$55K$40K$43K
Share of county claims11.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1551,48219,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11692 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s6$7,514
1980s17$14,690
1990s198$1,096,682
2000s77$501,316
2010s1,198$68,339,276
2020s150$2,428,967
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202486$65,529$10,922
20232520$311,056$15,553
202210488$1,806,814$20,532
2021127$245,568$35,081
202010$0—
201920$0—
20182011$121,038$11,003
201710$0—
201696$50,119$8,353
201450$0—
201330$0—
2012988951$66,675,314$70,111
2011155126$1,435,624$11,394
2010157$57,181$8,169
200931$15,713$15,713
200831$13,145$13,145
200786$108,181$18,030
200611$6,532$6,532
20053525$282,900$11,316
2004119$49,796$5,533
200393$14,766$4,922
200231$3,067$3,067
200121$6,526$6,526
200021$688$688
199975$19,510$3,902
199842$5,082$2,541
199720$0—
1996105$8,344$1,669
199510$0—
199420$0—
19931511$67,488$6,135
1992148131$972,501$7,424
199185$19,662$3,932
199011$4,096$4,096
1987103$11,396$3,799
198420$0—
198210$0—
198043$3,294$1,098
197922$6,497$3,249
197843$1,017$339

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: Queens County

Queens County has 489 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (22 in the last 12 months), 25 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 186; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 6.

Hail: 28 · Tornado: 5 · Flood: 186 · Wind: 182 · Winter: 33 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 11692?

1,646 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,442 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11692?

$72M across 1,442 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $50K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11692?

2012, with 988 claims and $67M paid.

What county is ZIP 11692 in?

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