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ZIP code 28207, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 28207, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, has 415 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 357 of them paid for a total of $4.5M.

That is 14.4% of the 2,883 claims recorded across Mecklenburg County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $13K, lower than the county average of $28K and the North Carolina average of $28K.

FEMA counts 55 repetitive-loss properties and 16 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 2,468 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.8% of residential structures.

415NFIP claims since 1978
357paid claims
$4.5Mtotal paid
$13Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 28207MecklenburgNorth CarolinaUS
Claims since 19784152,883109,5932,680,429
Share of claims paid86%77%76%78%
Average paid claim$13K$28K$28K$43K
Share of county claims14.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties5531411,713—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 28207 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s4$267
1980s37$70,321
1990s138$1,503,978
2000s162$2,374,030
2010s34$185,513
2020s40$356,445
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
20241918$235,326$13,074
202110$0—
20202018$121,119$6,729
201887$80,422$11,489
201711$1,439$1,439
201511$7,710$7,710
201420$0—
201232$6,003$3,001
20101918$89,938$4,997
20093836$272,818$7,578
20087472$1,779,997$24,722
200711$7,225$7,225
200411$1,056$1,056
20034844$312,934$7,112
199943$7,167$2,389
199853$9,295$3,098
19976056$565,570$10,099
199621$2,469$2,469
19956455$919,477$16,718
199410$0—
199320$0—
1989122$1,877$938
198711$10,953$10,953
198610$0—
19851412$51,036$4,253
198420$0—
198264$6,455$1,614
198110$0—
197941$267$267

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Mecklenburg County

Mecklenburg County has 1,047 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (10 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 126; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 1.

Hail: 246 · Tornado: 28 · Flood: 126 · Wind: 453 · Winter: 71 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 28207?

415 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 357 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 28207?

$4.5M across 357 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $13K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 28207?

2008, with 74 claims and $1.8M paid.

What county is ZIP 28207 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.