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ZIP code 23452, Virginia Beach city, Virginia

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.

OpenFEMA lists 1,691 NFIP claims for ZIP 23452 (Virginia Beach city, Virginia), with $48M paid on 1,398 claims since 1978.

That is 27% of the 6,260 claims recorded across Virginia Beach city. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $34K, higher than the county average of $22K and the Virginia average of $19K.

FEMA counts 133 repetitive-loss properties and 27 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 14,810 residential flood policies in force, covering 12.1% of residential structures.

1,691NFIP claims since 1978
1,398paid claims
$48Mtotal paid
$34Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 23452Virginia Beach cityVirginiaUS
Claims since 19781,6916,26050,6092,680,429
Share of claims paid83%75%79%78%
Average paid claim$34K$22K$19K$43K
Share of county claims27.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1336466,388—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 23452 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s5$6,168
1980s40$26,762
1990s198$335,401
2000s321$4,457,674
2010s1,096$42,799,945
2020s31$180,092
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202596$114,162$19,027
202441$6,740$6,740
202360$0—
202121$27,887$27,887
2020105$31,303$6,261
201960$0—
201820$0—
201720$0—
2016965910$41,291,411$45,375
201551$1,000$1,000
20141110$66,305$6,631
20122317$259,479$15,263
20117462$1,179,427$19,023
201081$2,323$2,323
2009158138$2,932,302$21,249
2008108$57,157$7,145
20069076$1,330,463$17,506
200542$7,921$3,961
200464$29,042$7,261
20034016$79,344$4,959
200284$10,916$2,729
200121$535$535
200033$9,994$3,331
19995129$103,340$3,563
19984515$48,254$3,217
199721$1,818$1,818
1996126$13,307$2,218
199510$0—
199451$418$418
199310$0—
199292$19,256$9,628
19912013$70,827$5,448
19905242$78,181$1,861
1989124$4,853$1,213
198810$0—
198710$0—
198576$6,977$1,163
198422$8,256$4,128
198350$0—
198263$2,410$803
198065$4,265$853
197910$0—
197843$6,168$2,056

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: Virginia Beach city

Virginia Beach city has 585 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (40 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 116; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 9.

Hail: 72 · Tornado: 15 · Flood: 116 · Wind: 225 · Winter: 48 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 23452?

1,691 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,398 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 23452?

$48M across 1,398 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $34K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 23452?

2016, with 965 claims and $41M paid.

What county is ZIP 23452 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Virginia Beach city, Virginia; 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.