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ZIP code 70448, 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 70448, in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, has 3,008 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,909 of them paid for a total of $64M.

That is 7.8% of the 38,420 claims recorded across St. Tammany Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $33K, lower than the county average of $60K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 227 repetitive-loss properties and 40 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.

3,008NFIP claims since 1978
1,909paid claims
$64Mtotal paid
$33Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70448St. TammanyLouisianaUS
Claims since 19783,00838,420485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid63%77%80%78%
Average paid claim$33K$60K$54K$43K
Share of county claims7.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2273,05830,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70448 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s22$29,582
1980s115$587,409
1990s333$3,956,731
2000s1,843$39,722,929
2010s377$10,406,124
2020s318$8,895,773
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202622$12,664$6,332
20242925$1,080,132$43,205
202220$0—
2021274211$7,486,285$35,480
2020114$316,692$79,173
2019139$389,797$43,311
201844$80,404$20,101
201731$23,322$23,322
201660$0—
201521$1,653$1,653
201442$21,747$10,874
201311$4,983$4,983
2012331277$9,747,582$35,190
2011128$136,637$17,080
201010$0—
200931$5,141$5,141
200812689$1,317,110$14,799
20072318$250,885$13,938
20064737$509,810$13,779
20051,361649$34,874,275$53,735
20041411$172,916$15,720
20037857$669,582$11,747
2002156124$1,832,617$14,779
20013116$54,036$3,377
200042$36,557$18,278
19985947$310,405$6,604
199722$6,355$3,178
19962923$177,164$7,703
1995186143$3,058,685$21,389
199363$13,414$4,471
19924032$356,699$11,147
1991107$25,202$3,600
199011$8,808$8,808
198911$998$998
19883429$189,236$6,525
198764$13,727$3,432
19854329$290,606$10,021
198396$10,620$1,770
198244$9,223$2,306
198153$11,301$3,767
19801310$61,697$6,170
1979129$7,510$834
1978107$22,072$3,153

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 70448?

3,008 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,909 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70448?

$64M across 1,909 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $33K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70448?

2005, with 1,361 claims and $35M paid.

What county is ZIP 70448 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.