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ZIP code 77632, Orange 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 77632, in Orange County, Texas, has 2,356 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 2,093 of them paid for a total of $219M.

That is 18.3% of the 12,876 claims recorded across Orange County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $104K, close to the county average of $94K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 297 repetitive-loss properties and 68 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 11,071 residential flood policies in force, covering 29.8% of residential structures.

2,356NFIP claims since 1978
2,093paid claims
$219Mtotal paid
$104Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77632OrangeTexasUS
Claims since 19782,35612,876394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid89%86%80%78%
Average paid claim$104K$94K$55K$43K
Share of county claims18.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2971,79434,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77632 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s4$26,461
1980s46$214,016
1990s29$151,819
2000s227$3,416,097
2010s2,015$214,627,546
2020s35$200,568
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202620$0—
202410$0—
202231$16,700$16,700
202120$0—
20202711$183,867$16,715
2019661637$57,450,668$90,189
201822$20,582$10,291
20171,2171,139$148,057,970$129,989
201610493$8,362,847$89,923
201520$0—
201453$74,863$24,954
201311$9,791$9,791
20122118$650,824$36,157
201120$0—
200943$90,792$30,264
20085325$1,617,070$64,683
20071010$85,041$8,504
20063024$532,355$22,181
20056315$470,253$31,350
200411$811$811
200332$8,129$4,065
20025142$586,457$13,963
2001117$24,429$3,490
200011$758$758
199932$37,046$18,523
19981611$70,383$6,398
199574$32,384$8,096
199422$12,006$6,003
199110$0—
19893629$181,529$6,260
198631$92$92
198311$675$675
198243$20,452$6,817
198021$11,268$11,268
197933$26,289$8,763
197811$172$172

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: Orange County

Orange County has 366 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (6 in the last 12 months), 31 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 81; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 14.

Hail: 77 · Tornado: 31 · Flood: 81 · Wind: 136 · Winter: 12 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77632?

2,356 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 2,093 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77632?

$219M across 2,093 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $104K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77632?

2017, with 1,217 claims and $148M paid.

What county is ZIP 77632 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Orange 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.