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ZIP code 77982, Calhoun 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 77982, in Calhoun County, Texas, has 194 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 95 of them paid for a total of $967K.

That is 23.3% of the 831 claims recorded across Calhoun County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $10K, lower than the county average of $18K and the Texas average of $55K.

FEMA counts 10 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 1,585 residential flood policies in force, covering 14.5% of residential structures.

194NFIP claims since 1978
95paid claims
$967Ktotal paid
$10Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 77982CalhounTexasUS
Claims since 1978194831394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid49%53%80%78%
Average paid claim$10K$18K$55K$43K
Share of county claims23.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties103834,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 77982 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s3$2,046
1980s28$47,960
1990s30$110,686
2000s65$492,039
2010s59$251,963
2020s9$62,494
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202422$8,655$4,328
202153$32,912$10,971
202021$20,927$20,927
201811$361$361
20175010$251,602$25,160
201540$0—
201320$0—
201110$0—
201010$0—
200861$10,079$10,079
2007108$177,766$22,221
200620$0—
200511$1,000$1,000
200444$84,116$21,029
20033621$186,810$8,896
200242$24,026$12,013
200121$8,241$8,241
19981813$88,717$6,824
199763$13,795$4,598
199410$0—
199322$3,085$1,542
199211$216$216
199111$4,872$4,872
199010$0—
198920$0—
198810$0—
198654$8,218$2,054
1984139$18,274$2,030
198211$2,356$2,356
198122$4,200$2,100
198043$14,912$4,971
197931$2,046$2,046

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: Calhoun County

Calhoun County has 251 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (12 in the last 12 months), 28 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 43; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 16.

Hail: 18 · Tornado: 32 · Flood: 43 · Wind: 71 · Winter: 5 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 77982?

194 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 95 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 77982?

$967K across 95 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $10K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 77982?

2017, with 50 claims and $252K paid.

What county is ZIP 77982 in?

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