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ZIP code 11782, 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 11782, in Suffolk County, New York, has 1,011 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 796 of them paid for a total of $35M.

That is 3% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $44K, close to the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 81 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 26,160 residential flood policies in force, covering 5.4% of residential structures.

1,011NFIP claims since 1978
796paid claims
$35Mtotal paid
$44Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11782SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 19781,01133,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid79%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$44K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims3.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties813,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11782 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s6$29,867
1980s40$70,305
1990s320$6,715,160
2000s62$1,265,384
2010s551$24,575,795
2020s32$2,420,342
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
20242116$1,320,867$82,554
202387$1,096,983$156,712
202210$0—
202111$2,491$2,491
202010$0—
201954$52,113$13,028
2018127$345,787$49,398
201776$381,426$63,571
201641$3,285$3,285
201444$32,300$8,075
201374$33,840$8,460
2012454410$22,612,296$55,152
20114732$992,254$31,008
2010119$122,494$13,610
200921$12,233$12,233
200821$39,694$39,694
200743$231,802$77,267
200644$20,603$5,151
20054332$888,029$27,751
200421$6,067$6,067
200311$47,840$47,840
200221$19,000$19,000
200121$115$115
199920$0—
199832$32,439$16,220
199710$0—
19962519$1,105,012$58,159
19953526$2,000,006$76,923
1994105$16,991$3,398
19934937$942,952$25,485
19929471$1,914,124$26,959
19918658$616,043$10,621
19901512$87,593$7,299
198932$2,566$1,283
198721$27,500$27,500
1985126$15,982$2,664
198492$17,733$8,867
198352$4,037$2,019
198242$1,431$715
198051$1,055$1,055
197932$5,448$2,724
197832$24,419$12,210

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 11782?

1,011 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 796 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11782?

$35M across 796 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $44K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11782?

2012, with 454 claims and $23M paid.

What county is ZIP 11782 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.