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ZIP code 11935, 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 11935, in Suffolk County, New York, has 138 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 103 of them paid for a total of $2.3M.

That is 0.4% of the 33,936 claims recorded across Suffolk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $22K, lower than the county average of $41K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 8 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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.

138NFIP claims since 1978
103paid claims
$2.3Mtotal paid
$22Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 11935SuffolkNew YorkUS
Claims since 197813833,936175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid75%81%82%78%
Average paid claim$22K$41K$40K$43K
Share of county claims0.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties83,46119,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 11935 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s11$11,536
1990s51$445,476
2000s10$47,835
2010s65$1,748,579
2020s1$1,236
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202311$1,236$1,236
201811$68,371$68,371
201711$7,219$7,219
20125141$1,625,264$39,641
201110$0—
2010119$47,725$5,303
200721$7,793$7,793
200622$30,250$15,125
200553$6,630$2,210
200311$3,162$3,162
199821$3,963$3,963
199510$0—
199498$102,298$12,787
19922822$317,161$14,416
1991117$22,054$3,151
198911$1,680$1,680
198510$0—
198484$9,856$2,464
198210$0—

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 11935?

138 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 103 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 11935?

$2.3M across 103 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $22K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 11935?

2012, with 51 claims and $1.6M paid.

What county is ZIP 11935 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.