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ZIP code 36532, Baldwin 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.

ZIP code 36532, in Baldwin County, Alabama, has 1,297 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,070 of them paid for a total of $36M.

That is 6.6% of the 19,745 claims recorded across Baldwin County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $34K, lower than the county average of $42K and the Alabama average of $34K.

FEMA counts 163 repetitive-loss properties and 29 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 9,007 residential flood policies in force, covering 9.3% of residential structures.

1,297NFIP claims since 1978
1,070paid claims
$36Mtotal paid
$34Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 36532BaldwinAlabamaUS
Claims since 19781,29719,74544,8962,680,429
Share of claims paid82%79%79%78%
Average paid claim$34K$42K$34K$43K
Share of county claims6.6%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1632,2924,727—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 36532 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s78$643,854
1980s27$235,694
1990s344$5,003,623
2000s627$23,763,480
2010s129$4,157,996
2020s92$2,253,072
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202332$149,275$74,638
202111$36,934$36,934
20208861$2,066,863$33,883
201911$21,813$21,813
201822$20,243$10,121
20172313$536,455$41,266
201622$9,225$4,612
201510$0—
20149377$3,541,382$45,992
201342$25,549$12,774
201211$3,330$3,330
201110$0—
201010$0—
200944$26,001$6,500
200810$0—
2005388355$19,890,202$56,029
2004193157$3,523,309$22,441
20024133$323,968$9,817
1998184149$1,709,430$11,473
19979374$2,695,249$36,422
19962017$235,691$13,864
19953724$330,797$13,783
199411$1,566$1,566
199321$7,144$7,144
199221$3,108$3,108
199054$20,638$5,160
1989109$180,241$20,027
198541$2,374$2,374
198411$15,081$15,081
198332$4,471$2,235
198187$26,256$3,751
198011$7,272$7,272
19796758$563,068$9,708
1978119$80,786$8,976

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: Baldwin County

Baldwin County has 860 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (11 in the last 12 months), 38 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 134; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 20.

Hail: 178 · Tornado: 116 · Flood: 134 · Wind: 358 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 36532?

1,297 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,070 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 36532?

$36M across 1,070 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $34K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 36532?

2005, with 388 claims and $20M paid.

What county is ZIP 36532 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Baldwin 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.