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Flood history · Milford, CT 06460

Flood insurance claims in Milford, CT 06460

3,137 claims since 1978 and $72.4 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

3,137flood insurance claims since 1978
$72.4 millionpaid to policyholders
$27,315average paid claim
48claims in the last 10 years
11%of claims outside high-risk zones
#1of 283 Connecticut ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 06460 since 1978.

1978: 50 claims1979: 37 claims1980: 157 claims1982: 80 claims1983: 12 claims1984: 102 claims1985: 138 claims1987: 1 claims1988: 2 claims1989: 8 claims1990: 2 claims1991: 32 claims1992: 543 claims1993: 1 claims1994: 3 claims1995: 39 claims1996: 80 claims1997: 3 claims1998: 3 claims1999: 5 claims2000: 1 claims2002: 1 claims2003: 2 claims2004: 5 claims2005: 7 claims2006: 9 claims2007: 21 claims2008: 2 claims2010: 57 claims2011: 715 claims2012: 966 claims2013: 2 claims2015: 2 claims2016: 1 claims2017: 2 claims2018: 6 claims2019: 2 claims2020: 4 claims2021: 14 claims2022: 12 claims2023: 2 claims2024: 1 claims2025: 1 claims2026: 4 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

89% of claims were on properties in high-risk zones and 11% outside them.

Losses are spread across many events; the largest, Hurricane Sandy, accounts for 31% of claims.

48 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is tidal water overflow: coastal surge and high tides.

Milford, City Of takes part in FEMA's Community Rating System (class 9), which can lower flood insurance premiums by up to 05% in high-risk zones.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Hurricane Sandy201295931%
Hurricane Irene201169722%
December Storm - Nor'easter199253617%
Unnamed flooding19801916%
Hurricane Gloria19851294%
Not a named storm19821093%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)88% · 2,746
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)10% · 329
Zone not recorded2% · 62

NFIP communities

Milford, City OfCRS class 9 · up to 05% off

Federal disaster declarations in South Central Regional County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And MudslidesSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2024-09-20
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And MudslidesSevere Storm · Emergency · 2024-08-21
Remnants Of Hurricane IdaHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-10-30
Hurricane HenriHurricane · Emergency · 2021-08-22
Tropical Storm IsaiasHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-01-12
Tropical Storm IsaiasHurricane · Emergency · 2020-08-06

18 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for South Central Regional County since 2000.

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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.

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