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ZIP code 40351, Rowan County, Kentucky

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 40351, in Rowan County, Kentucky, has 271 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 242 of them paid for a total of $4.8M.

That is 92.5% of the 293 claims recorded across Rowan County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, close to the county average of $20K and the Kentucky average of $22K.

FEMA counts 44 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 198 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.9% of residential structures.

271NFIP claims since 1978
242paid claims
$4.8Mtotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 40351RowanKentuckyUS
Claims since 197827129327,9472,680,429
Share of claims paid89%89%85%78%
Average paid claim$20K$20K$22K$43K
Share of county claims92.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties44462,446—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 40351 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$26,937
1980s1$471
1990s4$7,765
2000s75$626,492
2010s182$4,047,296
2020s7$104,132
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202622$78,228$39,114
202411$3,295$3,295
202122$22,610$11,305
202020$0—
20181211$294,715$26,792
20171412$154,194$12,850
201622$3,470$1,735
20155143$1,323,276$30,774
201161$754$754
20109792$2,270,887$24,684
200611$4,500$4,500
20043028$330,318$11,797
200344$13,823$3,456
20023936$272,070$7,557
200111$5,782$5,782
199743$7,765$2,588
198911$471$471
197922$26,937$13,468

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: Rowan County

Rowan County has 429 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (1 in the last 12 months), 32 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 68; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 43 · Tornado: 2 · Flood: 68 · Wind: 184 · Winter: 93 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 40351?

271 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 242 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 40351?

$4.8M across 242 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 40351?

2010, with 97 claims and $2.3M paid.

What county is ZIP 40351 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Rowan County, Kentucky; 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.