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ZIP code 11757, 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 11757, in Suffolk County, New York, has 4,759 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 4,210 of them paid for a total of $169M.

That is 14% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $40K, close to the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 594 repetitive-loss properties and 116 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.

4,759NFIP claims since 1978
4,210paid claims
$169Mtotal paid
$40Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11757SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 19784,75933,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid88%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$40K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims14.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties5943,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11757 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s41$40,716
1980s395$1,141,557
1990s1,105$8,690,237
2000s361$3,360,649
2010s2,740$153,908,733
2020s117$1,842,485
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202630$0—
20251313$183,754$14,135
20243834$888,154$26,122
20231713$243,844$18,757
20221715$160,625$10,708
202197$104,406$14,915
20202017$261,701$15,394
20191915$139,071$9,271
20181714$90,260$6,447
20172723$224,604$9,765
2016129$11,487$1,276
2015124$3,393$848
20149870$775,109$11,073
201354$41,755$10,439
20121,9761,931$141,119,224$73,081
2011490434$11,005,624$25,359
20108465$498,206$7,665
20092520$362,851$18,143
200894$21,412$5,353
20073834$475,524$13,986
2006108$74,539$9,317
2005238196$2,065,315$10,537
200443$10,344$3,448
200362$19,880$9,940
2002127$182,861$26,123
200164$22,458$5,614
2000137$125,465$17,924
199992$1,021$511
19982415$70,433$4,696
199731$3,715$3,715
1996213187$1,710,600$9,148
199532$4,924$2,462
199462$2,144$1,072
199375$43,725$8,745
1992533482$4,544,667$9,429
1991305256$2,261,744$8,835
199022$47,262$23,631
1989203$6,001$2,000
198721$333$333
198621$738$738
1985240202$1,018,534$5,042
19847133$64,283$1,948
1983149$10,519$1,169
1982125$8,224$1,645
198144$6,043$1,511
19803021$26,883$1,280
19793320$31,259$1,563
197884$9,456$2,364

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 11757?

4,759 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 4,210 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11757?

$169M across 4,210 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $40K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11757?

2012, with 1,976 claims and $141M paid.

What county is ZIP 11757 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.