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ZIP code 34689, Pinellas 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.

OpenFEMA lists 1,478 NFIP claims for ZIP 34689 (Pinellas County, Florida), with $60M paid on 1,161 claims since 1978.

That is 2.9% of the 51,779 claims recorded across Pinellas County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $52K, lower than the county average of $89K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 133 repetitive-loss properties and 38 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 76,020 residential flood policies in force, covering 19.4% of residential structures.

1,478NFIP claims since 1978
1,161paid claims
$60Mtotal paid
$52Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 34689PinellasFloridaUS
Claims since 19781,47851,779448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid79%82%70%78%
Average paid claim$52K$89K$62K$43K
Share of county claims2.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1333,06031,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 34689 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s5$2,721
1980s77$401,507
1990s379$5,032,507
2000s39$87,984
2010s130$1,641,619
2020s848$52,715,555
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202510$0—
2024746619$47,710,808$77,077
20239775$5,004,747$66,730
202210$0—
202120$0—
202010$0—
201922$37,791$18,896
2017187$161,560$23,080
20162216$371,066$23,192
2015138$88,335$11,042
201410$0—
201363$20,344$6,781
20125945$880,550$19,568
201165$81,974$16,395
201030$0—
200922$39,914$19,957
200810$0—
200621$6,170$6,170
200520$0—
2004176$26,167$4,361
200310$0—
200242$6,898$3,449
200162$1,565$782
200043$7,271$2,424
19992519$188,011$9,895
199843$5,834$1,945
199754$42,785$10,696
199610488$1,174,961$13,352
199511$1,228$1,228
199410$0—
1993236194$3,616,587$18,642
199210$0—
199121$3,100$3,100
198875$30,014$6,003
198730$0—
198610$0—
19855241$353,667$8,626
198372$3,784$1,892
198264$2,520$630
198111$11,522$11,522
197932$2,721$1,361
197820$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: Pinellas County

Pinellas County has 935 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (7 in the last 12 months), 45 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 55; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 15.

Hail: 112 · Tornado: 147 · Flood: 55 · Wind: 288 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 34689?

1,478 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,161 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 34689?

$60M across 1,161 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $52K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 34689?

2024, with 746 claims and $48M paid.

What county is ZIP 34689 in?

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