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Flood history · Bridge City, TX 77611

Flood insurance claims in Bridge City, TX 77611

3,346 claims since 1979 and $319.5 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

3,346flood insurance claims since 1979
$319.5 millionpaid to policyholders
$107,624average paid claim
918claims in the last 10 years
73%of claims outside high-risk zones
#26of 1,592 Texas ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 77611 since 1978.

1979: 44 claims1980: 70 claims1981: 1 claims1982: 3 claims1983: 7 claims1985: 1 claims1986: 2 claims1987: 1 claims1989: 12 claims1991: 6 claims1994: 38 claims1995: 3 claims1996: 1 claims1997: 3 claims1998: 24 claims2000: 2 claims2001: 6 claims2002: 62 claims2003: 13 claims2005: 184 claims2006: 20 claims2007: 10 claims2008: 1892 claims2009: 2 claims2010: 2 claims2011: 2 claims2012: 10 claims2013: 1 claims2014: 1 claims2015: 3 claims2016: 2 claims2017: 840 claims2018: 14 claims2019: 11 claims2020: 8 claims2021: 2 claims2022: 3 claims2024: 19 claims2025: 2 claims2026: 19 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

About 73% 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 Ike accounts for 56% of all claims in this ZIP code.

918 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.

Bridge City, 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 Ike20081,88656%
Hurricane Harvey201782925%
Hurricane Rita20051775%
Unnamed flooding20021083%
Heavy rains2002542%
Hurricane Danielle1980391%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)26% · 882
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)70% · 2,347
Zone not recorded3% · 117

NFIP communities

Bridge City, City OfCRS class 9 · up to 05% off
Orange County *Participates in the NFIP
Vidor, City OfParticipates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Orange County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Hurricane BerylHurricane · Major disaster · 2024-07-09
Hurricane LauraHurricane · Major disaster · 2020-12-09
Tropical Storms Marco And LauraHurricane · Emergency · 2020-08-24
Tropical Storm ImeldaFlood · Major disaster · 2019-10-04
Hurricane HarveyHurricane · Major disaster · 2017-08-25
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And FloodingFlood · Major disaster · 2016-03-19

15 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Orange 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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