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ZIP code 30097, Gwinnett County, Georgia

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 30097, in Gwinnett County, Georgia, has 43 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 32 of them paid for a total of $843K.

That is 8.8% of the 487 claims recorded across Gwinnett County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $26K, close to the county average of $29K and the Georgia average of $29K.

FEMA counts 5 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 989 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

43NFIP claims since 1978
32paid claims
$843Ktotal paid
$26Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 30097GwinnettGeorgiaUS
Claims since 19784348724,4792,680,429
Share of claims paid74%73%74%78%
Average paid claim$26K$29K$29K$43K
Share of county claims8.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties5312,022—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 30097 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s1$0
2000s16$203,494
2010s15$219,473
2020s11$419,560
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202410$0—
202377$327,398$46,771
202111$24,842$24,842
202022$67,320$33,660
201910$0—
201821$11,417$11,417
201510$0—
201398$208,056$26,007
201120$0—
2009119$159,770$17,752
200433$25,873$8,624
200210$0—
200111$17,851$17,851
199110$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: Gwinnett County

Gwinnett County has 870 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (7 in the last 12 months), 14 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 45; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 190 · Tornado: 12 · Flood: 45 · Wind: 348 · Winter: 42 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 30097?

43 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 32 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 30097?

$843K across 32 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $26K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 30097?

2009, with 11 claims and $160K paid.

What county is ZIP 30097 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Gwinnett County, Georgia; 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.