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ZIP code 77450, Fort Bend 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 77450, in Fort Bend County, Texas, has 1,619 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,330 of them paid for a total of $189M.

That is 21.9% of the 7,389 claims recorded across Fort Bend County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $142K, higher than the county average of $88K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 55 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 39,537 residential flood policies in force, covering 15.5% of residential structures.

1,619NFIP claims since 1978
1,330paid claims
$189Mtotal paid
$142Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77450Fort BendTexasUS
Claims since 19781,6197,389394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid82%69%80%78%
Average paid claim$142K$88K$55K$43K
Share of county claims21.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties5561434,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77450 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s4$21,059
1980s162$943,430
1990s16$63,440
2000s172$2,847,854
2010s1,237$184,928,849
2020s28$275,024
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$1,946$1,946
202494$199,038$49,759
202230$0—
2021123$53,055$17,685
202032$20,986$10,493
20193829$1,190,425$41,049
201874$16,403$4,101
20171,119975$182,950,590$187,642
20162924$552,231$23,010
201597$21,922$3,132
201497$29,704$4,243
201321$2,887$2,887
20121814$162,146$11,582
201061$2,541$2,541
2009113101$2,656,507$26,302
20082510$69,642$6,964
200711$4,575$4,575
200674$37,830$9,457
200531$4,342$4,342
200441$5,616$5,616
200333$32,709$10,903
200275$34,401$6,880
200150$0—
200041$2,233$2,233
199886$55,334$9,222
199721$1,998$1,998
199511$6,081$6,081
199420$0—
199220$0—
199011$26$26
198984$8,645$2,161
198610$0—
198565$4,605$921
19841511$50,948$4,632
1983208$14,647$1,831
198271$1,180$1,180
19819885$677,834$7,975
198075$185,571$37,114
197932$8,526$4,263
197811$12,533$12,533

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: Fort Bend County

Fort Bend County has 499 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (9 in the last 12 months), 28 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 58; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 14.

Hail: 129 · Tornado: 60 · Flood: 58 · Wind: 164 · Winter: 10 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77450?

1,619 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,330 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77450?

$189M across 1,330 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $142K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77450?

2017, with 1,119 claims and $183M paid.

What county is ZIP 77450 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Fort Bend 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.