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ZIP code 33018, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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 33018, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, has 939 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 569 of them paid for a total of $6.3M.

That is 1.5% of the 62,029 claims recorded across Miami-Dade County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $11K, lower than the county average of $23K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 47 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 164,154 residential flood policies in force, covering 33.4% of residential structures.

939NFIP claims since 1978
569paid claims
$6.3Mtotal paid
$11Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 33018Miami-DadeFloridaUS
Claims since 197893962,029448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid61%59%70%78%
Average paid claim$11K$23K$62K$43K
Share of county claims1.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties472,37031,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 33018 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s3$1,396
1990s546$2,231,307
2000s264$1,066,418
2010s59$791,644
2020s67$2,199,297
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202520$0—
2024107$590,939$84,420
2023107$538,616$76,945
202276$232,097$38,683
202110$0—
20203729$837,645$28,884
201920$0—
201810$0—
20173616$684,390$42,774
201610$0—
201510$0—
201443$86,009$28,670
201310$0—
201240$0—
201162$21,244$10,622
201030$0—
200963$27,693$9,231
200820$0—
200753$33,652$11,217
200652$3,136$1,568
20059129$351,711$12,128
20041710$59,801$5,980
200310$0—
200283$25,214$8,405
200152$11,474$5,737
200012488$553,738$6,292
1999422308$2,069,637$6,720
199883$3,466$1,155
1997125$7,842$1,568
199662$1,084$542
19954326$104,185$4,007
19943311$37,747$3,432
199311$983$983
1992191$1,285$1,285
199121$5,078$5,078
198921$1,396$1,396
198710$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: Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade County has 1,160 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (14 in the last 12 months), 43 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 180; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 26.

Hail: 244 · Tornado: 150 · Flood: 180 · Wind: 378 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 33018?

939 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 569 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 33018?

$6.3M across 569 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $11K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 33018?

1999, with 422 claims and $2.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 33018 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Miami-Dade County, Florida; 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.