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ZIP code 77512, Brazoria 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 103 NFIP claims for ZIP 77512 (Brazoria County, Texas), with $1.1M paid on 89 claims since 1978.

That is 0.5% of the 21,436 claims recorded across Brazoria County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $13K, lower than the county average of $36K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 7 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 27,418 residential flood policies in force, covering 22.5% of residential structures.

103NFIP claims since 1978
89paid claims
$1.1Mtotal paid
$13Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77512BrazoriaTexasUS
Claims since 197810321,436394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid86%81%80%78%
Average paid claim$13K$36K$55K$43K
Share of county claims0.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties71,96334,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77512 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s82$1,002,998
1980s16$100,290
1990s4$13,809
2000s1$0
2010s0$0
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
200110$0—
199811$2,130$2,130
199711$1,690$1,690
199411$7,919$7,919
199011$2,069$2,069
198965$61,130$12,226
198411$1,085$1,085
198333$16,607$5,536
198210$0—
198143$21,467$7,156
198010$0—
19798273$1,002,998$13,740

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: Brazoria County

Brazoria County has 595 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (12 in the last 12 months), 34 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 71; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 21.

Hail: 134 · Tornado: 96 · Flood: 71 · Wind: 202 · Winter: 5 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77512?

103 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 89 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77512?

$1.1M across 89 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $13K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77512?

1979, with 82 claims and $1.0M paid.

What county is ZIP 77512 in?

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