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ZIP code 70760, Pointe Coupee 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 319 NFIP claims for ZIP 70760 (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana), with $4.9M paid on 291 claims since 1978.

That is 16.8% of the 1,896 claims recorded across Pointe Coupee Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $17K, close to the county average of $16K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 41 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 1,229 residential flood policies in force, covering 11.3% of residential structures.

319NFIP claims since 1978
291paid claims
$4.9Mtotal paid
$17Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70760Pointe CoupeeLouisianaUS
Claims since 19783191,896485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid91%88%80%78%
Average paid claim$17K$16K$54K$43K
Share of county claims16.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties4121030,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70760 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s14$33,264
1980s123$433,891
1990s38$200,788
2000s46$1,207,205
2010s94$3,008,907
2020s4$25,455
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$8,664$8,664
202310$0—
202111$5,823$5,823
202011$10,968$10,968
201911$50,900$50,900
201811$18,791$18,791
20173434$1,407,910$41,409
20164742$1,428,791$34,019
201522$12,889$6,445
201352$39,333$19,666
201210$0—
201133$50,293$16,764
200911$5,691$5,691
20083126$748,173$28,776
200710$0—
200654$47,364$11,841
200533$375,380$125,127
200422$16,138$8,069
200222$14,459$7,229
200110$0—
199910$0—
19971010$105,749$10,575
199611$1,851$1,851
199533$16,355$5,452
199433$16,508$5,503
199354$19,191$4,798
199177$25,114$3,588
199087$16,020$2,289
198987$23,514$3,359
198844$16,956$4,239
198711$2,490$2,490
198565$11,714$2,343
19841513$28,339$2,180
19835352$273,625$5,262
198211$1,469$1,469
198111$2,326$2,326
19803432$73,457$2,296
19791414$33,264$2,376

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: Pointe Coupee Parish

Pointe Coupee Parish has 297 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (14 in the last 12 months), 47 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 23; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 6.

Hail: 37 · Tornado: 21 · Flood: 23 · Wind: 140 · Winter: 16 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70760?

319 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 291 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70760?

$4.9M across 291 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $17K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70760?

1983, with 53 claims and $274K paid.

What county is ZIP 70760 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Pointe Coupee 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.