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ZIP code 33317, 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 33317, in Broward County, Florida, has 631 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 266 of them paid for a total of $2.9M.

That is 1.8% of the 35,049 claims recorded across Broward County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $11K, lower than the county average of $26K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 21 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 125,204 residential flood policies in force, covering 19.2% of residential structures.

631NFIP claims since 1978
266paid claims
$2.9Mtotal paid
$11Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 33317BrowardFloridaUS
Claims since 197863135,049448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid42%50%70%78%
Average paid claim$11K$26K$62K$43K
Share of county claims1.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties211,50031,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 33317 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s53$25,166
1980s32$18,161
1990s233$424,098
2000s160$86,144
2010s57$294,293
2020s96$2,006,172
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202510$0—
202484$78,018$19,505
20233934$895,805$26,347
202210$0—
20204640$1,032,348$25,809
201931$7,909$7,909
2017209$256,275$28,475
201430$0—
201320$0—
2012163$5,295$1,765
201183$18,703$6,234
201051$6,111$6,111
200940$0—
200830$0—
200720$0—
200620$0—
200510011$57,838$5,258
2004244$9,694$2,423
200351$10,239$10,239
200261$936$936
200141$1,641$1,641
2000102$5,796$2,898
1999167100$371,007$3,710
199892$9,375$4,688
199721$366$366
199631$13,547$13,547
199530$0—
19942611$27,930$2,539
1992111$1,608$1,608
1991111$265$265
199010$0—
198940$0—
198686$17,054$2,842
198540$0—
198421$580$580
198320$0—
198231$527$527
198170$0—
198020$0—
19795326$25,166$968

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 33317?

631 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 266 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 33317?

$2.9M across 266 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $11K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 33317?

1999, with 167 claims and $371K paid.

What county is ZIP 33317 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.