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ZIP code 31410, Chatham 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 31410, in Chatham County, Georgia, has 715 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 417 of them paid for a total of $9.0M.

That is 13.1% of the 5,467 claims recorded across Chatham County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $22K, close to the county average of $21K and the Georgia average of $29K.

FEMA counts 53 repetitive-loss properties and 5 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 19,764 residential flood policies in force, covering 20.6% of residential structures.

715NFIP claims since 1978
417paid claims
$9.0Mtotal paid
$22Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 31410ChathamGeorgiaUS
Claims since 19787155,46724,4792,680,429
Share of claims paid58%72%74%78%
Average paid claim$22K$21K$29K$43K
Share of county claims13.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties534482,022—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 31410 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s10$31,517
1980s26$12,996
1990s266$1,216,959
2000s41$122,194
2010s333$7,294,079
2020s39$362,643
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202540$0—
2024122$94,838$47,419
202310$0—
202220$0—
20211812$267,805$22,317
202010$0—
201931$12,567$12,567
2017180148$4,929,506$33,307
201613768$2,293,706$33,731
201561$38,043$38,043
201422$16,174$8,087
201310$0—
201130$0—
201011$4,082$4,082
200921$7,921$7,921
2007147$63,668$9,095
200621$5,056$5,056
200542$4,486$2,243
200471$3,385$3,385
200363$12,772$4,257
200241$22,267$22,267
200021$2,638$2,638
199911564$593,401$9,272
199831$983$983
199740$0—
199621$9,174$9,174
199584$24,925$6,231
199412678$585,409$7,505
199342$3,068$1,534
199230$0—
199010$0—
198910$0—
198874$6,512$1,628
198732$2,472$1,236
198610$0—
198521$720$720
198410$0—
198341$496$496
198120$0—
198051$2,797$2,797
197995$28,833$5,767
197811$2,684$2,684

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: Chatham County

Chatham County has 990 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (51 in the last 12 months), 19 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 97; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 18.

Hail: 183 · Tornado: 32 · Flood: 97 · Wind: 617 · Winter: 2 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 31410?

715 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 417 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 31410?

$9.0M across 417 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $22K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 31410?

2017, with 180 claims and $4.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 31410 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Chatham 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 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.