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Flood history · Saint Martinville, LA 70582

Flood insurance claims in Saint Martinville, LA 70582

373 claims since 1979 and $7.6 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

373flood insurance claims since 1979
$7.6 millionpaid to policyholders
$24,914average paid claim
13claims in the last 10 years
19%of claims outside high-risk zones
#151of 604 Louisiana ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 70582 since 1978.

1979: 13 claims1980: 15 claims1981: 1 claims1982: 2 claims1983: 3 claims1984: 16 claims1985: 1 claims1987: 1 claims1989: 7 claims1990: 8 claims1991: 24 claims1992: 4 claims1993: 3 claims1994: 2 claims1995: 1 claims1997: 15 claims1999: 9 claims2001: 20 claims2002: 6 claims2003: 1 claims2004: 9 claims2005: 5 claims2006: 1 claims2007: 1 claims2008: 38 claims2009: 3 claims2011: 4 claims2013: 4 claims2015: 1 claims2016: 142 claims2017: 5 claims2018: 3 claims2019: 1 claims2020: 2 claims2021: 1 claims2023: 1 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

81% of claims were on properties in high-risk zones and 19% outside them.

Losses are spread across many events; the largest, Mid-summer severe storms, accounts for 36% of claims.

13 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is heavy rain or snowmelt collecting faster than it drains, which can happen far from any river or coast.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Mid-summer severe storms201613436%
Unnamed flooding1991349%
Hurricane Ike2008298%
Tropical Storm Allison2001133%
Hurricane Gustav200851%
Mid-spring storms201141%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)76% · 283
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)18% · 68
Zone not recorded6% · 22

NFIP communities

St. Martin Parish *Participates in the NFIP
St. Martinville, City OfParticipates in the NFIP
Parks, Village OfParticipates in the NFIP
Iberia Parish*Participates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in St. Martin County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Hurricane FrancineHurricane · Major disaster · 2024-09-16
Tropical Storm FrancineHurricane · Emergency · 2024-09-10
Tropical Storm NicholasCoastal Storm · Emergency · 2021-09-13
Hurricane IdaHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-08-29
Tropical Storm IdaHurricane · Emergency · 2021-08-27
Hurricane ZetaHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-01-12

35 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for St. Martin 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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