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ZIP code 77090, Harris 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 77090, in Harris County, Texas, has 1,865 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,627 of them paid for a total of $149M.

That is 1.1% of the 170,854 claims recorded across Harris County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $91K, higher than the county average of $63K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 175 repetitive-loss properties and 64 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 206,279 residential flood policies in force, covering 16.6% of residential structures.

1,865NFIP claims since 1978
1,627paid claims
$149Mtotal paid
$91Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77090HarrisTexasUS
Claims since 19781,865170,854394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid87%82%80%78%
Average paid claim$91K$63K$55K$43K
Share of county claims1.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties17516,61234,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77090 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s13$125,650
1980s509$13,786,156
1990s158$5,511,472
2000s532$32,350,423
2010s635$96,437,852
2020s18$556,063
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202473$438,434$146,145
202353$48,878$16,293
202153$68,751$22,917
202010$0—
201955$155,836$31,167
201811$13,843$13,843
2017439421$85,347,848$202,726
2016176152$10,807,219$71,100
201542$64,491$32,245
201441$8,048$8,048
201232$16,176$8,088
201031$24,392$24,392
200976$56,537$9,423
20083818$211,618$11,757
200743$26,648$8,883
200676$50,464$8,411
200532$16,920$8,460
200422$3,626$1,813
20033224$428,556$17,856
200274$44,049$11,012
2001430400$31,512,005$78,780
200020$0—
199932$7,483$3,741
19988273$3,438,121$47,098
199731$1,561$1,561
199611$1,000$1,000
199510$0—
19944942$1,934,565$46,061
199375$12,298$2,460
199264$78,129$19,532
199153$8,963$2,988
199011$29,351$29,351
1989334296$11,324,621$38,259
1987104$7,992$1,998
198632$4,170$2,085
198561$1,962$1,962
19849279$1,983,336$25,106
1983126$33,551$5,592
198221$20,271$20,271
19814936$410,100$11,392
198011$153$153
197999$120,156$13,351
197841$5,494$5,494

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: Harris County

Harris County has 2,064 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (34 in the last 12 months), 41 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 235; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 10.

Hail: 607 · Tornado: 254 · Flood: 235 · Wind: 720 · Winter: 16 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77090?

1,865 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,627 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77090?

$149M across 1,627 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $91K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77090?

2017, with 439 claims and $85M paid.

What county is ZIP 77090 in?

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