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ZIP code 70433, St. Tammany 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 70433, in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, has 2,649 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,799 of them paid for a total of $54M.

That is 6.9% of the 38,420 claims recorded across St. Tammany Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $30K, lower than the county average of $60K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 233 repetitive-loss properties and 54 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 37,387 residential flood policies in force, covering 40.5% of residential structures.

2,649NFIP claims since 1978
1,799paid claims
$54Mtotal paid
$30Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70433St. TammanyLouisianaUS
Claims since 19782,64938,420485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid68%77%80%78%
Average paid claim$30K$60K$54K$43K
Share of county claims6.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2333,05830,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70433 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s14$12,202
1980s179$2,291,268
1990s526$6,926,915
2000s1,017$8,051,215
2010s594$23,305,885
2020s319$13,619,583
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202520$0—
20242015$982,307$65,487
202332$37,354$18,677
202241$29,600$29,600
2021255215$11,264,684$52,394
20203428$1,305,639$46,630
2018105$142,711$28,542
201711$3,760$3,760
2016297253$14,056,577$55,560
201521$19,646$19,646
201475$133,229$26,646
201342$10,973$5,486
2012263210$8,849,105$42,139
201196$89,885$14,981
201010$0—
200943$134,144$44,715
20087149$595,378$12,151
200784$64,363$16,091
200610$0—
2005670246$4,873,726$19,812
200453$6,675$2,225
20038766$1,158,734$17,557
20029569$696,163$10,089
20017248$508,621$10,596
200042$13,412$6,706
19987866$370,300$5,611
199721$24,846$24,846
19963831$267,371$8,625
1995291233$5,492,946$23,575
19937360$679,922$11,332
19923911$82,041$7,458
199110$0—
199043$9,489$3,163
198933$38,265$12,755
19881812$46,835$3,903
198710$0—
1985115$16,112$3,222
198422$45,416$22,708
198310494$1,989,078$21,160
198265$24,943$4,989
198142$6,720$3,360
19803025$123,899$4,956
197931$265$265
19781111$11,936$1,085

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. Tammany Parish

St. Tammany Parish has 802 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (38 in the last 12 months), 50 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 162; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 9.

Hail: 98 · Tornado: 74 · Flood: 162 · Wind: 374 · Winter: 8 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70433?

2,649 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,799 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70433?

$54M across 1,799 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $30K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70433?

2005, with 670 claims and $4.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 70433 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for St. Tammany 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.