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ZIP code 40504, Fayette 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 40504, in Fayette County, Kentucky, has 115 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 91 of them paid for a total of $1.1M.

That is 25.2% of the 457 claims recorded across Fayette County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $12K, close to the county average of $15K and the Kentucky average of $22K.

FEMA counts 14 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 365 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

115NFIP claims since 1978
91paid claims
$1.1Mtotal paid
$12Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 40504FayetteKentuckyUS
Claims since 197811545727,9472,680,429
Share of claims paid79%79%85%78%
Average paid claim$12K$15K$22K$43K
Share of county claims25.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties14472,446—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 40504 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s3$515
1980s6$2,768
1990s65$362,657
2000s31$639,800
2010s8$96,940
2020s2$33,319
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$18,707$18,707
202511$14,612$14,612
201931$30,952$30,952
201511$1,307$1,307
201044$64,681$16,170
20081211$88,702$8,064
200711$10,870$10,870
20061515$411,589$27,439
200310$0—
200022$128,639$64,320
19981410$74,006$7,401
19971511$22,364$2,033
199611$1,509$1,509
199511$5,535$5,535
199411$2,011$2,011
19923124$254,739$10,614
199111$1,205$1,205
199011$1,287$1,287
198922$2,376$1,188
198320$0—
198211$392$392
198010$0—
197920$0—
197811$515$515

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: Fayette County

Fayette County has 554 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (17 in the last 12 months), 21 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 68; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 75 · Tornado: 9 · Flood: 68 · Wind: 339 · Winter: 38 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 40504?

115 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 91 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 40504?

$1.1M across 91 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $12K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 40504?

1992, with 31 claims and $255K paid.

What county is ZIP 40504 in?

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