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ZIP code 77351, Polk 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 77351, in Polk County, Texas, has 208 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 146 of them paid for a total of $5.0M.

That is 60.1% of the 346 claims recorded across Polk County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $34K, close to the county average of $39K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 25 repetitive-loss properties and 6 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 549 residential flood policies in force, covering 2.5% of residential structures.

208NFIP claims since 1978
146paid claims
$5.0Mtotal paid
$34Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77351PolkTexasUS
Claims since 1978208346394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid70%75%80%78%
Average paid claim$34K$39K$55K$43K
Share of county claims60.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties253634,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77351 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$9,619
1980s3$122,533
1990s41$698,244
2000s69$1,488,591
2010s49$1,020,212
2020s45$1,665,516
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202521$25,601$25,601
20243823$1,535,577$66,764
202154$104,338$26,085
201932$73,722$36,861
201874$83,853$20,963
2017156$290,516$48,419
20161413$270,695$20,823
201544$225,586$56,397
201322$30,940$15,470
201232$44,900$22,450
201110$0—
200965$43,007$8,601
2008134$56,696$14,174
2006109$538,824$59,869
200551$290$290
20042724$736,959$30,707
200221$12,873$12,873
200154$99,941$24,985
200010$0—
19991512$346,150$28,846
199865$65,046$13,009
199722$9,715$4,857
199611$12,600$12,600
199511$10,634$10,634
199485$127,950$25,590
199311$8,778$8,778
199232$27,975$13,987
199111$20,161$20,161
199033$69,236$23,079
198911$105,457$105,457
198122$17,076$8,538
197911$9,619$9,619

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: Polk County

Polk County has 364 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (2 in the last 12 months), 30 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 47; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 3.

Hail: 121 · Tornado: 30 · Flood: 47 · Wind: 113 · Winter: 11 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77351?

208 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 146 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77351?

$5.0M across 146 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $34K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77351?

2024, with 38 claims and $1.5M paid.

What county is ZIP 77351 in?

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