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ZIP code 77510, Galveston 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.

OpenFEMA lists 1,570 NFIP claims for ZIP 77510 (Galveston County, Texas), with $56M paid on 1,335 claims since 1978.

That is 2.6% of the 60,620 claims recorded across Galveston County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $42K, close to the county average of $50K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 136 repetitive-loss properties and 28 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 52,889 residential flood policies in force, covering 42.2% of residential structures.

1,570NFIP claims since 1978
1,335paid claims
$56Mtotal paid
$42Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77510GalvestonTexasUS
Claims since 19781,57060,620394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid85%82%80%78%
Average paid claim$42K$50K$55K$43K
Share of county claims2.6%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1362,85534,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77510 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s341$3,430,317
1980s349$1,549,531
1990s36$225,287
2000s161$1,665,355
2010s664$49,104,585
2020s19$352,657
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$33,607$33,607
202496$176,631$29,438
202211$30,591$30,591
202143$78,981$26,327
202043$32,847$10,949
201933$13,637$4,546
2018127$202,145$28,878
2017645603$48,855,911$81,021
201611$16,500$16,500
201521$16,392$16,392
201310$0—
200932$3,536$1,768
20086419$253,548$13,345
200731$24,091$24,091
200622$4,935$2,467
200510$0—
200421$1,718$1,718
20022422$425,700$19,350
20016253$951,829$17,959
199910$0—
1998149$86,196$9,577
199721$4,603$4,603
19951110$98,923$9,892
199233$8,197$2,732
199155$27,368$5,474
19894640$473,009$11,825
198811$2,258$2,258
19861915$70,409$4,694
19843226$213,769$8,222
198312074$259,221$3,503
198211$986$986
1981130108$529,879$4,906
1979341313$3,430,317$10,959

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: Galveston County

Galveston County has 718 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (4 in the last 12 months), 31 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 118; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 22.

Hail: 121 · Tornado: 126 · Flood: 118 · Wind: 235 · Winter: 4 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77510?

1,570 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,335 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77510?

$56M across 1,335 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $42K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77510?

2017, with 645 claims and $49M paid.

What county is ZIP 77510 in?

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