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ZIP code 32408, Bay County, Florida

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 32408, in Bay County, Florida, has 1,398 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 813 of them paid for a total of $42M.

That is 15.5% of the 9,005 claims recorded across Bay County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $51K, close to the county average of $53K and the Florida average of $62K.

FEMA counts 69 repetitive-loss properties and 17 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 13,382 residential flood policies in force, covering 17.9% of residential structures.

1,398NFIP claims since 1978
813paid claims
$42Mtotal paid
$51Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 32408BayFloridaUS
Claims since 19781,3989,005448,6182,680,429
Share of claims paid58%70%70%78%
Average paid claim$51K$53K$62K$43K
Share of county claims15.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties6963931,815—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 32408 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s5$2,689
1980s50$198,657
1990s838$35,079,807
2000s130$1,519,685
2010s287$2,594,658
2020s88$2,343,348
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202620$0—
202411$79,301$79,301
202321$1,240$1,240
202220$0—
2021108$223,693$27,962
20207152$2,039,114$39,214
201921$2,166$2,166
201820244$1,054,295$23,961
201711$589$589
201685$160,893$32,179
201442$7,118$3,559
20135136$1,243,667$34,546
2012136$125,930$20,988
201140$0—
201020$0—
200931$4,046$4,046
20083125$648,040$25,922
200710$0—
200621$5,991$5,991
20054329$558,847$19,271
20044414$297,760$21,269
200310$0—
200220$0—
200121$1,696$1,696
200011$3,305$3,305
19991210$127,200$12,720
19987138$533,897$14,050
199754$9,600$2,400
199685$66,939$13,388
1995723492$34,315,803$69,748
199472$12,253$6,127
199320$0—
199233$3,968$1,323
199175$10,146$2,029
198811$514$514
198710$0—
198621$1,920$1,920
19853215$135,223$9,015
198497$61,001$8,714
198340$0—
198210$0—
197931$2,689$2,689
197820$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: Bay County

Bay County has 690 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (16 in the last 12 months), 49 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 180; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 18.

Hail: 68 · Tornado: 92 · Flood: 180 · Wind: 273 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 32408?

1,398 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 813 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 32408?

$42M across 813 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $51K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 32408?

1995, with 723 claims and $34M paid.

What county is ZIP 32408 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Bay County, Florida; 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.