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ZIP code 39429, Marion County, Mississippi

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 39429, in Marion County, Mississippi, has 538 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 427 of them paid for a total of $6.1M.

That is 78.5% of the 685 claims recorded across Marion County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $14K, close to the county average of $14K and the Mississippi average of $58K.

FEMA counts 71 repetitive-loss properties and 9 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 141 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.3% of residential structures.

538NFIP claims since 1978
427paid claims
$6.1Mtotal paid
$14Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 39429MarionMississippiUS
Claims since 197853868564,5892,680,429
Share of claims paid79%78%83%78%
Average paid claim$14K$14K$58K$43K
Share of county claims78.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties71955,274—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 39429 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s58$378,857
1980s224$2,030,211
1990s89$1,034,287
2000s89$939,370
2010s61$1,368,216
2020s17$381,468
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202521$4,415$4,415
202111$1,743$1,743
20201412$375,311$31,276
201910$0—
201887$240,595$34,371
201710$0—
20162520$725,845$36,292
201510$0—
201432$12,928$6,464
201344$31,702$7,926
20121212$350,229$29,186
201151$6,917$6,917
201010$0—
200955$57,871$11,574
20081917$474,848$27,932
200775$28,059$5,612
200633$11,784$3,928
2005264$41,219$10,305
200474$201,618$50,404
200375$29,693$5,939
200211$10,803$10,803
2001108$68,782$8,598
200044$14,691$3,673
19991010$165,948$16,595
19973834$579,556$17,046
199522$12,181$6,090
199433$48,356$16,119
199353$30,136$10,045
199210$0—
1991119$78,818$8,758
19901916$119,292$7,456
198975$15,178$3,036
198843$171,033$57,011
19875150$994,648$19,893
198510$0—
19837767$555,070$8,285
1982107$9,733$1,390
19807452$284,548$5,472
19795750$378,857$7,577
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: Marion County

Marion County has 538 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (10 in the last 12 months), 37 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 85; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 4.

Hail: 141 · Tornado: 55 · Flood: 85 · Wind: 213 · Winter: 10 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 39429?

538 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 427 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 39429?

$6.1M across 427 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $14K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 39429?

1983, with 77 claims and $555K paid.

What county is ZIP 39429 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Marion County, Mississippi; 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.