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ZIP code 11726, 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 11726, in Suffolk County, New York, has 808 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 649 of them paid for a total of $35M.

That is 2.4% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $54K, higher than the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 80 repetitive-loss properties and 9 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.

808NFIP claims since 1978
649paid claims
$35Mtotal paid
$54Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11726SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 197880833,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid80%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$54K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims2.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties803,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11726 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s12$12,053
1980s70$147,896
1990s122$708,560
2000s44$369,502
2010s545$33,418,088
2020s15$248,037
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202522$118,175$59,087
202451$6,512$6,512
202311$34,496$34,496
202221$37,711$37,711
202111$17,617$17,617
202043$33,526$11,175
201911$19,345$19,345
201843$49,882$16,627
201731$63,590$63,590
201611$1,904$1,904
20143322$387,088$17,595
201330$0—
2012417395$31,904,948$80,772
20117053$929,973$17,547
2010138$61,357$7,670
200955$74,958$14,992
200732$63,985$31,992
200611$47,893$47,893
20052718$168,270$9,348
200433$8,232$2,744
200111$2,157$2,157
200042$4,008$2,004
199853$9,275$3,092
1996138$128,517$16,065
199522$20,148$10,074
199410$0—
19926945$409,560$9,101
19913120$141,060$7,053
199010$0—
198962$2,079$1,040
198810$0—
19854428$127,442$4,552
198473$9,384$3,128
198341$2,546$2,546
198210$0—
198073$6,446$2,149
1979107$11,186$1,598
197822$867$434

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 11726?

808 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 649 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11726?

$35M across 649 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $54K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11726?

2012, with 417 claims and $32M paid.

What county is ZIP 11726 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.