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ZIP code 33027, Broward 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 33027, in Broward County, Florida, has 400 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 116 of them paid for a total of $890K.

That is 1.1% of the 35,049 claims recorded across Broward County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, lower than the county average of $26K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 5 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 125,204 residential flood policies in force, covering 19.2% of residential structures.

400NFIP claims since 1978
116paid claims
$890Ktotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 33027BrowardFloridaUS
Claims since 197840035,049448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid29%50%70%78%
Average paid claim$8K$26K$62K$43K
Share of county claims1.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties51,50031,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 33027 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$1,914
1980s2$0
1990s119$149,676
2000s156$136,496
2010s69$204,666
2020s52$396,904
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202520$0—
202410$0—
202330$0—
202210$0—
202130$0—
20204125$396,904$15,876
201910$0—
201810$0—
20172610$171,679$17,168
201610$0—
201510$0—
201470$0—
201350$0—
2012124$24,156$6,039
201191$2,555$2,555
201061$6,276$6,276
200960$0—
200860$0—
200760$0—
200641$3,367$3,367
2005928$101,736$12,717
2004122$1,256$628
200392$12,131$6,065
200241$1,159$1,159
200130$0—
2000147$16,847$2,407
199910051$142,153$2,787
199821$792$792
199710$0—
199620$0—
199530$0—
199420$0—
199291$6,731$6,731
198210$0—
198110$0—
197921$1,914$1,914

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: Broward County

Broward County has 1,108 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (20 in the last 12 months), 43 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 110; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 23.

Hail: 210 · Tornado: 147 · Flood: 110 · Wind: 385 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 33027?

400 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 116 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 33027?

$890K across 116 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 33027?

1999, with 100 claims and $142K paid.

What county is ZIP 33027 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Broward 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.