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Flood history · Kingwood, TX 77345

Flood insurance claims in Kingwood, TX 77345

850 claims since 1979 and $166.6 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

850flood insurance claims since 1979
$166.6 millionpaid to policyholders
$220,079average paid claim
774claims in the last 10 years
80%of claims outside high-risk zones
#128of 1,592 Texas ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 77345 since 1978.

1979: 4 claims1981: 1 claims1983: 2 claims1988: 1 claims1989: 2 claims1991: 2 claims1994: 4 claims1995: 1 claims1998: 2 claims2000: 18 claims2001: 4 claims2002: 10 claims2004: 1 claims2005: 1 claims2006: 2 claims2008: 6 claims2009: 2 claims2010: 2 claims2011: 1 claims2012: 2 claims2013: 2 claims2014: 1 claims2015: 3 claims2016: 2 claims2017: 600 claims2019: 154 claims2020: 4 claims2021: 5 claims2022: 1 claims2023: 1 claims2024: 8 claims2025: 1 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

About 80% of claims here were on properties rated outside high-risk zones (zones X, B or C). A lower-risk zone on the map is not a guarantee.

One event dominates the record: Hurricane Harvey accounts for 70% of all claims in this ZIP code.

Flooding here is recent: 774 claims (91%) were 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.

Houston, City Of takes part in FEMA's Community Rating System (class 4), which can lower flood insurance premiums by up to 30% in high-risk zones.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Hurricane Harvey201759770%
Tropical Storm Imelda201914117%
Unnamed flooding1998111%
Heavy rains2002101%
Texas Spring Flooding202471%
Hurricane Ike200851%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)20% · 173
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)79% · 673
Zone not recorded0% · 4

NFIP communities

Houston, City OfCRS class 4 · up to 30% off
Harris County*CRS class 7 · up to 15% off

Federal disaster declarations in Harris County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Hurricane BerylHurricane · Major disaster · 2024-07-09
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And FloodingFlood · Major disaster · 2024-05-17
Tropical Storms Marco And LauraHurricane · Emergency · 2020-08-24
Hurricane HannaHurricane · Emergency · 2020-07-26
Tropical Storm ImeldaFlood · Major disaster · 2019-10-04
Hurricane HarveyHurricane · Major disaster · 2017-08-25

20 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Harris 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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