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ZIP code 11704, Suffolk 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 11704, in Suffolk County, New York, has 247 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 192 of them paid for a total of $5.6M.

That is 0.7% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $29K, lower than the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 21 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 26,160 residential flood policies in force, covering 5.4% of residential structures.

247NFIP claims since 1978
192paid claims
$5.6Mtotal paid
$29Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11704SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 197824733,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid78%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$29K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims0.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties213,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11704 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s27$34,598
1980s40$76,423
1990s28$370,550
2000s23$183,163
2010s125$4,882,559
2020s4$24,775
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202310$0—
202121$24,775$24,775
20142821$311,756$14,846
20129088$4,550,972$51,716
201110$0—
201064$19,832$4,958
200911$1,730$1,730
20051717$174,627$10,272
200410$0—
200310$0—
200211$1,329$1,329
200110$0—
200011$5,476$5,476
199655$88,823$17,765
199320$0—
1992128$143,729$17,966
199185$131,946$26,389
199011$6,051$6,051
198910$0—
198565$45,180$9,036
198463$6,125$2,042
1983115$6,659$1,332
198211$80$80
198110$0—
1980149$18,379$2,042
19792615$29,198$1,947
197811$5,401$5,401

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: Suffolk County

Suffolk County has 877 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (25 in the last 12 months), 36 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 253; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 9.

Hail: 107 · Tornado: 32 · Flood: 253 · Wind: 410 · Winter: 3 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 11704?

247 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 192 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11704?

$5.6M across 192 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $29K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11704?

2012, with 90 claims and $4.6M paid.

What county is ZIP 11704 in?

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