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ZIP code 70769, Ascension 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 70769, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, has 2,599 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 2,210 of them paid for a total of $124M.

That is 38.3% of the 6,783 claims recorded across Ascension Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $56K, close to the county average of $61K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 159 repetitive-loss properties and 32 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 13,203 residential flood policies in force, covering 28.9% of residential structures.

2,599NFIP claims since 1978
2,210paid claims
$124Mtotal paid
$56Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 70769AscensionLouisianaUS
Claims since 19782,5996,783485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid85%85%80%78%
Average paid claim$56K$61K$54K$43K
Share of county claims38.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties15938530,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 70769 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s91$509,425
1980s272$2,617,468
1990s320$2,797,575
2000s352$4,876,402
2010s1,425$106,671,216
2020s139$6,986,843
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202620$0—
202430$0—
202232$36,019$18,009
2021124101$6,721,939$66,554
202075$228,885$45,777
20191512$798,199$66,517
201811$8,073$8,073
201750$0—
20161,3341,192$104,696,289$87,832
201511$17,203$17,203
201486$234,961$39,160
201396$77,120$12,853
20125140$825,236$20,631
201011$14,135$14,135
200954$30,877$7,719
20083315$131,674$8,778
200711$2,652$2,652
200697$82,504$11,786
20058049$1,596,782$32,587
200442$17,931$8,965
2003149$61,285$6,809
200295$26,176$5,235
2001197148$2,926,520$19,774
199911$687$687
19983628$190,035$6,787
19973229$335,869$11,582
199643$20,367$6,789
19953734$270,506$7,956
19942420$146,893$7,345
19937370$908,415$12,977
19922113$62,812$4,832
19912218$165,989$9,222
19907060$696,002$11,600
1988157$18,560$2,651
198731$406$406
198544$6,896$1,724
1983151143$2,178,599$15,235
198211$6,145$6,145
198111$353$353
19809785$406,509$4,782
19799084$504,932$6,011
197811$4,494$4,494

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: Ascension Parish

Ascension Parish has 236 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (6 in the last 12 months), 66 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 34; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 14.

Hail: 39 · Tornado: 23 · Flood: 34 · Wind: 105 · Winter: 3 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 70769?

2,599 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 2,210 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 70769?

$124M across 2,210 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $56K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 70769?

2016, with 1,334 claims and $105M paid.

What county is ZIP 70769 in?

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