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ZIP code 30345, DeKalb County, Georgia

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 30345, in DeKalb County, Georgia, has 164 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 123 of them paid for a total of $2.4M.

That is 8.2% of the 1,998 claims recorded across DeKalb County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, close to the county average of $20K and the Georgia average of $29K.

FEMA counts 14 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 2,331 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.1% of residential structures.

164NFIP claims since 1978
123paid claims
$2.4Mtotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 30345DeKalbGeorgiaUS
Claims since 19781641,99824,4792,680,429
Share of claims paid75%73%74%78%
Average paid claim$20K$20K$29K$43K
Share of county claims8.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties141562,022—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 30345 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s5$13,630
1980s12$8,374
1990s38$314,915
2000s79$1,750,471
2010s23$79,927
2020s7$236,607
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202433$126,929$42,310
202043$109,679$36,560
201910$0—
201741$7,872$7,872
201610$0—
201541$5,306$5,306
201410$0—
201395$53,823$10,765
201032$12,926$6,463
20095145$1,312,119$29,158
200810$0—
200522$9,655$4,828
20041818$411,745$22,875
200375$16,952$3,390
199831$407$407
199742$1,585$792
199511$1,665$1,665
19912522$303,418$13,792
199053$7,840$2,613
198810$0—
198321$3,748$3,748
198211$1,979$1,979
198084$2,647$662
197943$13,630$4,543
197810$0—

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: DeKalb County

DeKalb County has 521 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (12 in the last 12 months), 17 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 64; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 127 · Tornado: 16 · Flood: 64 · Wind: 292 · Winter: 1 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 30345?

164 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 123 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 30345?

$2.4M across 123 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 30345?

2009, with 51 claims and $1.3M paid.

What county is ZIP 30345 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for DeKalb County, Georgia; 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.