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ZIP code 39560, Harrison 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 39560, in Harrison County, Mississippi, has 2,086 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 1,678 of them paid for a total of $158M.

That is 13.1% of the 15,939 claims recorded across Harrison County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $94K, close to the county average of $97K and the Mississippi average of $58K.

FEMA counts 67 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 10,601 residential flood policies in force, covering 14.5% of residential structures.

2,086NFIP claims since 1978
1,678paid claims
$158Mtotal paid
$94Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 39560HarrisonMississippiUS
Claims since 19782,08615,93964,5892,680,429
Share of claims paid80%83%83%78%
Average paid claim$94K$97K$58K$43K
Share of county claims13.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties677655,274—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 39560 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s14$33,850
1980s185$949,379
1990s414$5,748,132
2000s1,304$148,452,933
2010s122$2,547,904
2020s47$266,777
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202622$89,437$44,719
202431$5,035$5,035
202310$0—
202210$0—
202132$69,110$34,555
20203712$103,195$8,600
201954$195,464$48,866
201876$154,985$25,831
20173027$901,025$33,371
201610$0—
201531$20,297$20,297
201441$14,247$14,247
201342$345,740$172,870
20126047$853,230$18,154
201154$53,219$13,305
201032$9,697$4,849
20092727$462,452$17,128
2008163$13,635$4,545
200655$30,297$6,059
20051,094920$146,148,700$158,857
200443$13,610$4,537
200332$4,272$2,136
20021714$62,017$4,430
2001137123$1,706,584$13,875
200011$11,366$11,366
199922$31,918$15,959
1998197147$2,088,623$14,208
19972825$295,957$11,838
199630$0—
19959388$1,699,632$19,314
199421$9,708$9,708
199361$352$352
199252$3,228$1,614
19917469$1,563,290$22,656
199043$55,425$18,475
198966$39,494$6,582
198863$39,185$13,062
198710$0—
1985476$15,396$2,566
19835144$479,937$10,908
19821110$34,207$3,421
19806351$341,160$6,689
1979108$19,301$2,413
197843$14,549$4,850

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: Harrison County

Harrison County has 622 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (39 in the last 12 months), 37 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 99; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 18.

Hail: 96 · Tornado: 91 · Flood: 99 · Wind: 240 · Winter: 6 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 39560?

2,086 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,678 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 39560?

$158M across 1,678 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $94K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 39560?

2005, with 1,094 claims and $146M paid.

What county is ZIP 39560 in?

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