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ZIP code 77373, 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 77373, in Harris County, Texas, has 1,122 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 947 of them paid for a total of $77M.

That is 0.7% of the 170,854 claims recorded across Harris County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $82K, higher than the county average of $63K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 113 repetitive-loss properties and 26 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.

1,122NFIP claims since 1978
947paid claims
$77Mtotal paid
$82Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77373HarrisTexasUS
Claims since 19781,122170,854394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid84%82%80%78%
Average paid claim$82K$63K$55K$43K
Share of county claims0.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties11316,61234,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77373 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s44$206,150
1980s180$1,307,353
1990s48$1,045,402
2000s188$3,634,794
2010s639$70,747,238
2020s23$280,505
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$26,840$26,840
202510$0—
2024136$135,524$22,587
202353$118,141$39,380
202220$0—
202110$0—
20198274$3,124,107$42,218
2017422378$63,994,255$169,297
201610087$3,087,363$35,487
20151915$443,561$29,571
201432$14,097$7,049
201286$53,501$8,917
201122$30,006$15,003
201031$347$347
200988$271,448$33,931
20085426$534,237$20,548
200754$35,842$8,961
20061111$159,771$14,525
200454$27,143$6,786
20032216$249,888$15,618
200296$84,033$14,006
20017467$2,272,432$33,917
199911$7,224$7,224
19981917$209,221$12,307
199710$0—
199611$993$993
19942320$824,138$41,207
199310$0—
199022$3,826$1,913
19894640$799,216$19,980
19871817$68,157$4,009
198610$0—
198522$24,284$12,142
19842521$175,598$8,362
19833625$75,352$3,014
198286$14,116$2,353
19814237$150,540$4,069
198021$91$91
19793835$188,210$5,377
197865$17,940$3,588

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 77373?

1,122 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 947 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77373?

$77M across 947 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $82K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77373?

2017, with 422 claims and $64M paid.

What county is ZIP 77373 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.