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ZIP code 70578, Acadia 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 70578, in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, has 374 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 316 of them paid for a total of $15M.

That is 25.3% of the 1,481 claims recorded across Acadia Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $47K, higher than the county average of $32K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 49 repetitive-loss properties and 4 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 2,184 residential flood policies in force, covering 9.2% of residential structures.

374NFIP claims since 1978
316paid claims
$15Mtotal paid
$47Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70578AcadiaLouisianaUS
Claims since 19783741,481485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid84%78%80%78%
Average paid claim$47K$32K$54K$43K
Share of county claims25.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties4917130,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70578 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s3$2,899
1980s50$280,398
1990s24$60,774
2000s40$236,300
2010s189$9,355,590
2020s68$4,962,066
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$61,473$61,473
20255958$4,782,140$82,451
202132$30,945$15,473
202052$87,508$43,754
201911$8,844$8,844
201711$20,237$20,237
2016159143$8,338,397$58,310
201510$0—
201422$49,871$24,935
20132118$815,358$45,298
201244$122,883$30,721
200911$1,270$1,270
200861$1,100$1,100
200610$0—
20051812$136,712$11,393
200487$91,854$13,122
200311$5,364$5,364
200250$0—
199810$0—
199611$2,427$2,427
199522$1,621$811
19931914$55,006$3,929
199211$1,719$1,719
198910$0—
198511$11,000$11,000
198311$246$246
1982107$19,226$2,747
198121$860$860
19803533$249,066$7,547
197910$0—
197821$2,899$2,899

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: Acadia Parish

Acadia Parish has 410 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (6 in the last 12 months), 42 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 38; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 6.

Hail: 64 · Tornado: 90 · Flood: 38 · Wind: 170 · Winter: 11 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70578?

374 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 316 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70578?

$15M across 316 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $47K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70578?

2016, with 159 claims and $8.3M paid.

What county is ZIP 70578 in?

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