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ZIP code 70452, 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.

OpenFEMA lists 560 NFIP claims for ZIP 70452 (St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana), with $8.7M paid on 328 claims since 1978.

That is 1.5% of the 38,420 claims recorded across St. Tammany Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $27K, lower than the county average of $60K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 30 repetitive-loss properties and 2 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.

560NFIP claims since 1978
328paid claims
$8.7Mtotal paid
$27Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70452St. TammanyLouisianaUS
Claims since 197856038,420485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid59%77%80%78%
Average paid claim$27K$60K$54K$43K
Share of county claims1.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties303,05830,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70452 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s6$6,486
1980s132$2,440,730
1990s72$1,175,554
2000s279$2,877,883
2010s41$1,267,661
2020s30$981,440
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202654$239,073$59,768
202443$122,765$40,922
202210$0—
20211813$583,823$44,909
202022$35,779$17,889
201811$30,696$30,696
201711$18,127$18,127
20161815$1,041,119$69,408
201521$39,132$39,132
201410$0—
201310$0—
2012169$136,184$15,132
201111$2,402$2,402
200942$4,162$2,081
200822$19,405$9,702
200710$0—
200610$0—
200523157$2,370,472$41,587
200210$0—
20013834$483,274$14,214
200011$571$571
1998107$64,297$9,185
199711$5,604$5,604
199655$23,953$4,791
19954939$1,073,759$27,532
199333$298$99
199122$1,531$766
199022$6,111$3,055
198821$162$162
19837165$2,001,797$30,797
19805953$438,771$8,279
197964$6,486$1,621

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 70452?

560 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 328 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70452?

$8.7M across 328 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $27K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70452?

2005, with 231 claims and $2.4M paid.

What county is ZIP 70452 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.