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ZIP code 70706, Livingston 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 1,125 NFIP claims for ZIP 70706 (Livingston Parish, Louisiana), with $82M paid on 984 claims since 1978.

That is 7.7% of the 14,639 claims recorded across Livingston Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $84K, higher than the county average of $65K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 28 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 13,708 residential flood policies in force, covering 26.6% of residential structures.

1,125NFIP claims since 1978
984paid claims
$82Mtotal paid
$84Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70706LivingstonLouisianaUS
Claims since 19781,12514,639485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid87%88%80%78%
Average paid claim$84K$65K$54K$43K
Share of county claims7.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties281,25130,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70706 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s1$0
1990s60$613,757
2000s70$419,627
2010s980$81,072,461
2020s14$149,523
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202521$10,245$10,245
202311$682$682
202222$14,804$7,402
202152$6,507$3,253
202044$117,284$29,321
201943$18,285$6,095
201811$17,376$17,376
201742$34,397$17,198
2016920841$80,569,549$95,802
201552$12,543$6,272
201421$2,230$2,230
201353$13,546$4,515
20123424$395,220$16,467
201153$9,314$3,105
200954$12,517$3,129
20082112$97,325$8,110
200633$30,099$10,033
2005120$0—
200477$76,814$10,973
200321$33,906$33,906
20011511$141,315$12,847
200053$27,653$9,218
199863$10,678$3,559
199722$43,510$21,755
199676$19,604$3,267
19952623$264,434$11,497
19941010$103,035$10,303
199377$98,909$14,130
199022$73,586$36,793
198910$0—

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: Livingston Parish

Livingston Parish has 432 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (15 in the last 12 months), 52 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 33; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 8.

Hail: 82 · Tornado: 43 · Flood: 33 · Wind: 219 · Winter: 8 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70706?

1,125 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 984 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70706?

$82M across 984 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $84K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70706?

2016, with 920 claims and $81M paid.

What county is ZIP 70706 in?

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