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ZIP code 12455, Delaware 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 12455, in Delaware County, New York, has 138 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 119 of them paid for a total of $5.6M.

That is 10.7% of the 1,291 claims recorded across Delaware County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $47K, higher than the county average of $35K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 12 repetitive-loss properties and 2 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 534 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.9% of residential structures.

138NFIP claims since 1978
119paid claims
$5.6Mtotal paid
$47Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 12455DelawareNew YorkUS
Claims since 19781381,291175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid86%88%82%78%
Average paid claim$47K$35K$40K$43K
Share of county claims10.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1219419,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 12455 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$293
1980s6$3,803
1990s30$422,647
2000s29$221,938
2010s69$4,921,934
2020s2$10,567
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$5,785$5,785
202011$4,782$4,782
201210$0—
20116661$4,919,404$80,646
201022$2,530$1,265
20061311$61,469$5,588
200599$126,549$14,061
200476$33,919$5,653
19963023$422,647$18,376
198721$2,272$2,272
198621$328$328
198111$412$412
198011$791$791
197821$293$293

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: Delaware County

Delaware County has 759 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (16 in the last 12 months), 39 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 137; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 108 · Tornado: 11 · Flood: 137 · Wind: 346 · Winter: 123 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 12455?

138 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 119 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 12455?

$5.6M across 119 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $47K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 12455?

2011, with 66 claims and $4.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 12455 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Delaware 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.