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ZIP code 34448, Citrus 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 34448, in Citrus County, Florida, has 1,821 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,597 of them paid for a total of $89M.

That is 25.7% of the 7,076 claims recorded across Citrus County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $56K, close to the county average of $62K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 255 repetitive-loss properties and 78 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 5,549 residential flood policies in force, covering 7% of residential structures.

1,821NFIP claims since 1978
1,597paid claims
$89Mtotal paid
$56Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 34448CitrusFloridaUS
Claims since 19781,8217,076448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid88%88%70%78%
Average paid claim$56K$62K$62K$43K
Share of county claims25.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2551,07331,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 34448 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s14$132,519
1990s487$8,577,869
2000s101$1,297,364
2010s360$12,186,940
2020s859$66,520,286
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202520$0—
2024613580$50,947,772$87,841
2023241214$15,512,401$72,488
202132$60,113$30,057
201862$14,977$7,488
201721$35,017$35,017
2016318254$11,758,295$46,292
201521$11,761$11,761
201330$0—
20122417$347,784$20,458
201053$19,106$6,369
200875$73,420$14,684
200720$0—
20064235$1,019,407$29,126
200510$0—
20043220$127,887$6,394
20031311$69,579$6,325
200110$0—
200032$7,071$3,535
199911$2,376$2,376
1998107$44,943$6,420
199722$6,898$3,449
1996121105$1,201,086$11,439
19951613$53,614$4,124
1993328305$7,237,030$23,728
199296$31,922$5,320
198854$10,810$2,703
198597$121,709$17,387

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: Citrus County

Citrus County has 535 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (2 in the last 12 months), 40 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 29; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 17.

Hail: 78 · Tornado: 51 · Flood: 29 · Wind: 162 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 34448?

1,821 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,597 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 34448?

$89M across 1,597 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $56K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 34448?

2024, with 613 claims and $51M paid.

What county is ZIP 34448 in?

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