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ZIP code 36582, Mobile 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 888 NFIP claims for ZIP 36582 (Mobile County, Alabama), with $26M paid on 695 claims since 1978.

That is 5.9% of the 15,117 claims recorded across Mobile County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $37K, close to the county average of $31K and the Alabama average of $34K.

FEMA counts 102 repetitive-loss properties and 8 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 5,422 residential flood policies in force, covering 3.6% of residential structures.

888NFIP claims since 1978
695paid claims
$26Mtotal paid
$37Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 36582MobileAlabamaUS
Claims since 197888815,11744,8962,680,429
Share of claims paid78%79%79%78%
Average paid claim$37K$31K$34K$43K
Share of county claims5.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1021,5874,727—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 36582 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s79$724,691
1980s44$131,761
1990s287$4,828,625
2000s422$19,403,907
2010s34$327,356
2020s22$221,076
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202533$54,659$18,220
202353$53,981$17,994
202241$52,992$52,992
2020105$59,443$11,889
201820$0—
2017139$151,164$16,796
201522$41,944$20,972
201486$37,910$6,318
201266$90,027$15,005
201120$0—
201011$6,312$6,312
20091110$136,982$13,698
200844$44,515$11,129
200622$7,492$3,746
2005342310$18,862,959$60,848
20042811$109,921$9,993
200363$34,912$11,637
20022919$207,128$10,901
1998212152$3,484,410$22,924
19976148$1,075,522$22,407
1996109$265,519$29,502
199410$0—
199210$0—
199110$0—
199011$3,174$3,174
198821$1,178$1,178
198590$0—
198477$28,262$4,037
198354$6,310$1,578
198211$1,132$1,132
19811312$69,179$5,765
198076$25,699$4,283
19797858$724,457$12,491
197811$234$234

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: Mobile County

Mobile County has 1,110 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (8 in the last 12 months), 40 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 185; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 21.

Hail: 242 · Tornado: 129 · Flood: 185 · Wind: 473 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 36582?

888 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 695 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 36582?

$26M across 695 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $37K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 36582?

2005, with 342 claims and $19M paid.

What county is ZIP 36582 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Mobile 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.