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ZIP code 70031, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

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 70031, in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, has 53 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 24 of them paid for a total of $427K.

That is 0.7% of the 7,568 claims recorded across St. Charles Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $18K, lower than the county average of $31K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 3 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 9,907 residential flood policies in force, covering 55.7% of residential structures.

53NFIP claims since 1978
24paid claims
$427Ktotal paid
$18Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70031St. CharlesLouisianaUS
Claims since 1978537,568485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid45%70%80%78%
Average paid claim$18K$31K$54K$43K
Share of county claims0.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties373830,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70031 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$440
1980s3$6,884
1990s5$117,868
2000s25$10,415
2010s4$2,314
2020s15$289,070
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202622$16,481$8,241
202422$28,703$14,352
2021116$243,886$40,648
201310$0—
201220$0—
201111$2,314$2,314
200911$1,791$1,791
2005244$8,624$2,156
199555$117,868$23,574
198932$6,884$3,442
197911$440$440

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: St. Charles Parish

St. Charles Parish has 363 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (23 in the last 12 months), 52 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 67; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 15.

Hail: 50 · Tornado: 27 · Flood: 67 · Wind: 124 · Winter: 5 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70031?

53 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 24 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70031?

$427K across 24 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $18K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70031?

2005, with 24 claims and $9K paid.

What county is ZIP 70031 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for St. Charles Parish, Louisiana; 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.