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ZIP code 33137, 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 33137, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, has 272 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 144 of them paid for a total of $6.8M.

That is 0.4% of the 62,029 claims recorded across Miami-Dade County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $47K, higher than the county average of $23K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 18 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.

272NFIP claims since 1978
144paid claims
$6.8Mtotal paid
$47Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 33137Miami-DadeFloridaUS
Claims since 197827262,029448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid53%59%70%78%
Average paid claim$47K$23K$62K$43K
Share of county claims0.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties182,37031,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 33137 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s5$10,664
1980s25$35,775
1990s117$1,186,968
2000s20$139,397
2010s78$4,328,941
2020s27$1,061,743
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202510$0—
202421$17,328$17,328
202330$0—
202254$399,862$99,966
202152$138,491$69,246
2020117$506,061$72,294
201995$1,571,126$314,225
201830$0—
20174628$2,490,179$88,935
201555$147,850$29,570
201310$0—
201210$0—
2011136$119,786$19,964
200943$37,197$12,399
200811$8,866$8,866
200572$68,908$34,454
200110$0—
200073$24,426$8,142
19993923$343,833$14,949
199811$535$535
199722$10,075$5,037
1994178$206,296$25,787
199310$0—
19925423$625,067$27,177
199131$1,162$1,162
198721$1$1
198610$0—
198476$18,012$3,002
198362$10,390$5,195
198252$857$429
198143$6,515$2,172
197955$10,664$2,133

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 33137?

272 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 144 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 33137?

$6.8M across 144 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $47K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 33137?

1992, with 54 claims and $625K paid.

What county is ZIP 33137 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.