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ZIP code 11706, 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 11706, in Suffolk County, New York, has 2,050 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,692 of them paid for a total of $80M.

That is 6% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $47K, close to the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 135 repetitive-loss properties and 15 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.

2,050NFIP claims since 1978
1,692paid claims
$80Mtotal paid
$47Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11706SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 19782,05033,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid83%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$47K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims6.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1353,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11706 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s26$49,848
1980s128$419,067
1990s481$9,875,893
2000s102$1,136,307
2010s1,290$66,636,748
2020s23$1,740,439
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202511$77,588$77,588
20241513$1,142,023$87,848
202321$418,296$418,296
202211$9,342$9,342
202121$18,299$18,299
202011$74,890$74,890
201922$55,925$27,963
201843$13,388$4,463
201754$17,786$4,447
201610$0—
20144334$397,125$11,680
201320$0—
20121,1601,045$65,098,152$62,295
20116253$1,008,453$19,027
2010116$45,919$7,653
200921$4,296$4,296
200753$79,509$26,503
200610$0—
20058370$879,463$12,564
200431$10,331$10,331
200365$160,551$32,110
200210$0—
200011$2,158$2,158
199920$0—
199874$36,147$9,037
199721$6,022$6,022
1996129$685,363$76,151
199564$434,144$108,536
199493$140,305$46,768
199311087$2,402,376$27,614
1992161120$4,646,462$38,721
1991167123$1,518,110$12,342
199053$6,961$2,320
19892412$80,480$6,707
198810$0—
198721$1,669$1,669
19857949$274,479$5,602
198443$21,354$7,118
198331$8,000$8,000
198220$0—
198153$3,205$1,068
198084$29,881$7,470
19791713$22,347$1,719
197896$27,502$4,584

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 11706?

2,050 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,692 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11706?

$80M across 1,692 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $47K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11706?

2012, with 1,160 claims and $65M paid.

What county is ZIP 11706 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.