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ZIP code 36340, Geneva County, Alabama

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.

OpenFEMA lists 128 NFIP claims for ZIP 36340 (Geneva County, Alabama), with $1.6M paid on 109 claims since 1978.

That is 83.1% of the 154 claims recorded across Geneva County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $14K, lower than the county average of $20K and the Alabama average of $34K.

FEMA counts 11 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 55 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

128NFIP claims since 1978
109paid claims
$1.6Mtotal paid
$14Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 36340GenevaAlabamaUS
Claims since 197812815444,8962,680,429
Share of claims paid85%92%79%78%
Average paid claim$14K$20K$34K$43K
Share of county claims83.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties11174,727—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 36340 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s10$12,719
1980s0$0
1990s70$1,191,616
2000s14$236,188
2010s23$111,755
2020s11$15,237
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
2020118$15,237$1,905
201910$0—
201810$0—
201722$2,897$1,449
201633$22,364$7,455
201531$9,273$9,273
201431$857$857
2013109$76,364$8,485
20091412$236,188$19,682
19983230$473,723$15,791
199510$0—
19942524$487,239$20,302
199111$185$185
19901111$230,469$20,952
1978107$12,719$1,817

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: Geneva County

Geneva County has 526 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (42 in the last 12 months), 33 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 57; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 4.

Hail: 31 · Tornado: 32 · Flood: 57 · Wind: 323 · Winter: 4 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 36340?

128 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 109 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 36340?

$1.6M across 109 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $14K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 36340?

1998, with 32 claims and $474K paid.

What county is ZIP 36340 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Geneva County, Alabama; 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.