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ZIP code 21666, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

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 21666, in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, has 451 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 306 of them paid for a total of $4.4M.

That is 42% of the 1,073 claims recorded across Queen Anne's County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $14K, lower than the county average of $20K and the Maryland average of $23K.

FEMA counts 22 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 1,675 residential flood policies in force, covering 7.9% of residential structures.

451NFIP claims since 1978
306paid claims
$4.4Mtotal paid
$14Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 21666Queen Anne'sMarylandUS
Claims since 19784511,07325,3762,680,429
Share of claims paid68%73%59%78%
Average paid claim$14K$20K$23K$43K
Share of county claims42.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties22411,305—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 21666 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s7$7,719
1980s18$16,424
1990s65$102,469
2000s273$3,411,646
2010s45$222,390
2020s43$591,004
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202521$7,609$7,609
202487$131,729$18,818
202321$6,987$6,987
202210$0—
20211311$159,356$14,487
20201713$285,323$21,948
201911$26,670$26,670
201854$49,025$12,256
201631$3,374$3,374
201495$34,968$6,994
201354$26,467$6,617
201243$17,190$5,730
201197$46,709$6,673
201095$17,987$3,597
200933$11,971$3,990
200821$27,556$27,556
200665$16,803$3,361
200511$5,966$5,966
200411$9,537$9,537
2003257190$3,333,913$17,547
200032$5,900$2,950
19992413$52,049$4,004
199841$1,073$1,073
199710$0—
1996299$37,651$4,183
199510$0—
199221$11,295$11,295
199041$400$400
198941$5,922$5,922
198610$0—
198544$5,931$1,483
198343$2,857$952
198210$0—
198121$1,352$1,352
198021$363$363
197965$7,719$1,544
197810$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: Queen Anne's County

Queen Anne's County has 395 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (22 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 42; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 20 · Tornado: 12 · Flood: 42 · Wind: 238 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 21666?

451 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 306 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 21666?

$4.4M across 306 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $14K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 21666?

2003, with 257 claims and $3.3M paid.

What county is ZIP 21666 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Queen Anne's County, Maryland; 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.