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ZIP code 76240, Cooke County, Texas

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 76240, in Cooke County, Texas, has 339 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 297 of them paid for a total of $9.4M.

That is 91.6% of the 370 claims recorded across Cooke County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $32K, close to the county average of $32K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 43 repetitive-loss properties and 3 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 161 residential flood policies in force, covering 1% of residential structures.

339NFIP claims since 1978
297paid claims
$9.4Mtotal paid
$32Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 76240CookeTexasUS
Claims since 1978339370394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid88%88%80%78%
Average paid claim$32K$32K$55K$43K
Share of county claims91.6%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties434534,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 76240 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s72$984,188
1990s87$689,402
2000s159$6,942,417
2010s19$741,527
2020s2$83,663
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202022$83,663$41,831
201811$5,144$5,144
201622$34,767$17,383
20151311$701,616$63,783
201110$0—
201020$0—
20094037$1,019,227$27,547
2007118109$5,923,191$54,341
200210$0—
199911$1,268$1,268
199431$974$974
19932220$227,100$11,355
199211$2,154$2,154
19906051$457,906$8,979
19895346$626,303$13,615
198811$3,999$3,999
198611$3,976$3,976
198520$0—
198211$1,647$1,647
19811412$348,264$29,022

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: Cooke County

Cooke County has 922 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (22 in the last 12 months), 22 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 76; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 357 · Tornado: 62 · Flood: 76 · Wind: 221 · Winter: 42 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 76240?

339 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 297 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 76240?

$9.4M across 297 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $32K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 76240?

2007, with 118 claims and $5.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 76240 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Cooke County, Texas; 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.