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ZIP code 41649, Floyd 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.

OpenFEMA lists 428 NFIP claims for ZIP 41649 (Floyd County, Kentucky), with $6.2M paid on 375 claims since 1978.

That is 16.3% of the 2,618 claims recorded across Floyd County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $17K, close to the county average of $16K and the Kentucky average of $22K.

FEMA counts 41 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 577 residential flood policies in force, covering 3.4% of residential structures.

428NFIP claims since 1978
375paid claims
$6.2Mtotal paid
$17Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 41649FloydKentuckyUS
Claims since 19784282,61827,9472,680,429
Share of claims paid88%88%85%78%
Average paid claim$17K$16K$22K$43K
Share of county claims16.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties412592,446—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 41649 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s17$19,503
1980s153$1,915,553
1990s62$257,080
2000s136$2,449,637
2010s23$73,627
2020s37$1,521,834
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
20251312$924,758$77,063
202311$9,152$9,152
202266$77,740$12,957
20211413$495,261$38,097
202033$14,922$4,974
201911$5,646$5,646
201811$5,739$5,739
201622$8,027$4,013
2015127$32,125$4,589
201233$19,384$6,461
201144$2,705$676
20096056$1,758,489$31,402
20071717$76,185$4,481
200610$0—
200533$57,248$19,083
200488$164,443$20,555
20034437$379,357$10,253
200211$13,635$13,635
200110$0—
200011$281$281
199910$0—
19982824$158,354$6,598
199722$7,675$3,838
199611$2,178$2,178
199553$3,225$1,075
199498$51,046$6,381
199210$0—
19911513$34,601$2,662
1989127$21,581$3,083
198510$0—
1984124117$1,882,221$16,087
198210$0—
19811511$11,751$1,068
197922$3,127$1,564
19781511$16,376$1,489

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: Floyd County

Floyd County has 744 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (4 in the last 12 months), 48 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 198; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 90 · Tornado: 2 · Flood: 198 · Wind: 259 · Winter: 150 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 41649?

428 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 375 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 41649?

$6.2M across 375 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $17K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 41649?

1984, with 124 claims and $1.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 41649 in?

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