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ZIP code 11795, 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 11795, in Suffolk County, New York, has 1,533 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,296 of them paid for a total of $63M.

That is 4.5% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $49K, close to the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 192 repetitive-loss properties and 31 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.

1,533NFIP claims since 1978
1,296paid claims
$63Mtotal paid
$49Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11795SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 19781,53333,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid85%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$49K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims4.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1923,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11795 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s38$35,073
1980s208$726,223
1990s198$1,930,563
2000s146$1,085,222
2010s930$59,220,333
2020s13$310,819
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202521$9,729$9,729
202443$283,559$94,520
202311$6,581$6,581
202220$0—
202121$4,753$4,753
202021$6,197$6,197
201832$362,566$181,283
201722$39,542$19,771
201510$0—
2014127102$1,550,681$15,203
201331$3,150$3,150
2012621602$54,093,793$89,857
2011134112$3,004,628$26,827
20103931$165,972$5,354
200964$77,853$19,463
200861$965$965
200796$95,633$15,939
200641$5,456$5,456
200510790$862,685$9,585
200442$7,152$3,576
200310$0—
200243$8,944$2,981
200052$26,534$13,267
1998129$56,214$6,246
19961612$136,195$11,350
199521$5,271$5,271
199432$2,867$1,434
199365$71,265$14,253
19928066$913,989$13,848
19917361$727,762$11,931
199063$16,999$5,666
19893317$80,342$4,726
198731$513$513
198511787$559,987$6,437
198496$19,532$3,255
19831210$12,626$1,263
198293$5,872$1,957
1981119$18,382$2,042
19801414$28,971$2,069
19793016$26,713$1,670
197886$8,359$1,393

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 11795?

1,533 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,296 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11795?

$63M across 1,296 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $49K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11795?

2012, with 621 claims and $54M paid.

What county is ZIP 11795 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.