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ZIP code 12569, Dutchess 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 12569, in Dutchess County, New York, has 55 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 49 of them paid for a total of $1.4M.

That is 7.2% of the 765 claims recorded across Dutchess County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $29K, higher than the county average of $23K and the New York average of $40K.

FEMA counts 10 repetitive-loss properties and 3 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 1,124 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.2% of residential structures.

55NFIP claims since 1978
49paid claims
$1.4Mtotal paid
$29Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 12569DutchessNew YorkUS
Claims since 197855765175,4302,680,429
Share of claims paid89%80%82%78%
Average paid claim$29K$23K$40K$43K
Share of county claims7.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1010019,079—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 12569 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s5$15,013
1990s0$0
2000s24$798,777
2010s22$453,361
2020s4$152,417
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202144$152,417$38,104
201410$0—
201311$9,678$9,678
20111816$429,420$26,839
201021$14,262$14,262
200833$9,947$3,316
20071514$671,549$47,968
200533$43,379$14,460
200333$73,903$24,634
198911$12,194$12,194
198432$2,374$1,187
198111$445$445

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: Dutchess County

Dutchess County has 963 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (27 in the last 12 months), 27 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 84; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 1.

Hail: 161 · Tornado: 16 · Flood: 84 · Wind: 676 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 12569?

55 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 49 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 12569?

$1.4M across 49 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $29K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 12569?

2011, with 18 claims and $429K paid.

What county is ZIP 12569 in?

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