Flood history · Connecticut

Flood insurance claims in Connecticut

28,837 claims and $538.3 million paid since 1978. Find your ZIP code.

28,837claims since 1978

$538.3 millionpaid to policyholders

84ZIP codes with 50+ claims

Claims by year

Biggest flood events

Event (top events per ZIP)	Year	Claims
Hurricane Sandy	2012	6,174
Hurricane Irene	2011	3,493
Not a named storm	1982	2,454
December Storm - Nor'easter	1992	2,317
Unnamed flooding	1987	1,830
Hurricane Gloria	1985	704
March 2010 Nor'easter	2010	685
Hurricane Ida	2021	608

Connecticut ZIP codes by flood claims

ZIP codes with at least 50 claims. Select one for its full history.

ZIP	Place	County	Claims	Paid	Last 10 yrs
06460	Milford	South Central Regional	3,137	$72.4 million	48
06824	Fairfield	Connecticut Metropolitan	1,947	$49.1 million	22
06880	Westport	Western Connecticut	1,894	$43.2 million	113
06512	New Haven	South Central Regional	1,834	$34.8 million	53
06854	Norwalk	Western Connecticut	987	$26.0 million	38
06902	Stamford	Western Connecticut	825	$23.2 million	77
06475	Old Saybrook	Lower Connecticut River Valley	789	$14.8 million	16
06405	Branford	South Central Regional	748	$12.1 million	12
06870	Old Greenwich	Western Connecticut	703	$20.2 million	29
06820	Darien	Western Connecticut	625	$21.3 million	116
06615	Stratford	Connecticut Metropolitan	615	$9.0 million	59
06443	Madison	South Central Regional	584	$11.1 million	14
06853	Norwalk	Western Connecticut	560	$13.0 million	20
06516	West Haven	South Central Regional	541	$5.1 million	35
06498	Westbrook	Lower Connecticut River Valley	481	$8.0 million	6
06413	Clinton	Lower Connecticut River Valley	450	$8.1 million	33
06437	Guilford	South Central Regional	429	$8.0 million	15
06371	Old Lyme	Lower Connecticut River Valley	389	$8.6 million	11
06604	Bridgeport	Connecticut Metropolitan	374	$5.8 million	40
06340	Groton	Southeastern Connecticut	339	$4.1 million	7
06830	Greenwich	Western Connecticut	314	$8.9 million	69
06518	Hamden	South Central Regional	285	$1.4 million	7
06606	Bridgeport	Connecticut Metropolitan	274	$3.7 million	83
06825	Fairfield	Connecticut Metropolitan	262	$2.6 million	79
06855	Norwalk	Western Connecticut	260	$5.9 million	9
06355	Mystic	Southeastern Connecticut	258	$3.5 million	12
06010	Bristol	Naugatuck Valley	232	$3.8 million	14
06831	Greenwich	Western Connecticut	214	$5.6 million	87
06360	Norwich	Southeastern Connecticut	213	$2.6 million	16
06605	Bridgeport	Connecticut Metropolitan	209	$3.8 million	23
06905	Stamford	Western Connecticut	197	$3.8 million	49
06611	Trumbull	Connecticut Metropolitan	195	$1.3 million	30
06514	Hamden	South Central Regional	194	$945,109	2
06810	Danbury	Western Connecticut	190	$4.7 million	18
06117	West Hartford	Capitol Region	190	$1.2 million	25
06320	New London	Southeastern Connecticut	173	$2.4 million	10
06484	Shelton	Naugatuck Valley	171	$1.8 million	14
06357	Niantic	Southeastern Connecticut	169	$3.7 million	4
06477	Orange	South Central Regional	164	$1.7 million	22
06378	Stonington	Southeastern Connecticut	164	$2.3 million	5
06473	North Haven	South Central Regional	161	$1.9 million	25
06451	Meriden	South Central Regional	154	$906,822	8
06897	Wilton	Western Connecticut	148	$2.5 million	26
06492	Wallingford	South Central Regional	138	$997,450	10
06107	West Hartford	Capitol Region	130	$319,445	8
06878	Riverside	Western Connecticut	128	$2.2 million	13
06776	New Milford	Western Connecticut	128	$3.4 million	1
06488	Southbury	Naugatuck Valley	126	$2.0 million	8
06807	Cos Cob	Western Connecticut	124	$2.1 million	30
06478	Oxford	Naugatuck Valley	114	$1.1 million	7
06840	New Canaan	Western Connecticut	113	$1.7 million	43
06032	Farmington	Capitol Region	110	$1.1 million	1
06385	Waterford	Southeastern Connecticut	110	$1.1 million	10
06883	Weston	Western Connecticut	107	$1.5 million	20
06614	Stratford	Connecticut Metropolitan	100	$399,841	13
06052	New Britain	Capitol Region	98	$478,537	15
06513	New Haven	South Central Regional	97	$1.1 million	2
06450	Meriden	South Central Regional	96	$1.6 million	3
06070	Simsbury	Capitol Region	89	$456,104	0
06850	Norwalk	Western Connecticut	88	$857,898	22
06525	New Haven	South Central Regional	87	$556,929	5
06109	Wethersfield	Capitol Region	77	$439,231	7
06062	Plainville	Capitol Region	77	$846,094	4
06489	Southington	Capitol Region	77	$459,220	8
06333	East Lyme	New London	74	$716,318	8
06118	East Hartford	Capitol Region	72	$295,663	5
06457	Middletown	Lower Connecticut River Valley	70	$1.4 million	5
06903	Stamford	Western Connecticut	69	$588,677	9
06801	Bethel	Western Connecticut	68	$670,095	12
06082	Enfield	Capitol Region	67	$340,919	9
06515	New Haven	South Central Regional	67	$874,131	2
06037	Berlin	Capitol Region	67	$413,829	4
06877	Ridgefield	Western Connecticut	64	$516,923	13
06471	North Branford	South Central Regional	61	$514,133	4
06416	Cromwell	Lower Connecticut River Valley	59	$411,294	3
06002	Bloomfield	Capitol Region	57	$560,079	10
06890	Southport	Connecticut Metropolitan	57	$1.5 million	2
06480	Portland	Lower Connecticut River Valley	56	$1.3 million	7
06111	Newington	Capitol Region	56	$715,776	2
06851	Norwalk	Western Connecticut	54	$667,245	14
06461	Milford	South Central Regional	53	$668,537	1
06410	Cheshire	Naugatuck Valley	53	$394,274	4
06426	Essex	Lower Connecticut River Valley	52	$994,801	2
06412	Chester	Lower Connecticut River Valley	51	$634,961	9

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.