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ZIP code 43452, Ottawa County, Ohio

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 695 NFIP claims for ZIP 43452 (Ottawa County, Ohio), with $4.4M paid on 537 claims since 1978.

That is 50.2% of the 1,384 claims recorded across Ottawa County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, close to the county average of $9K and the Ohio average of $17K.

FEMA counts 61 repetitive-loss properties and 2 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 608 residential flood policies in force, covering 2.1% of residential structures.

695NFIP claims since 1978
537paid claims
$4.4Mtotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 43452OttawaOhioUS
Claims since 19786951,38428,4172,680,429
Share of claims paid77%79%78%78%
Average paid claim$8K$9K$17K$43K
Share of county claims50.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties611402,635—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 43452 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s4$2,275
1980s441$1,339,133
1990s154$1,333,491
2000s11$83,083
2010s57$791,011
2020s28$812,547
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202630$0—
202387$532,997$76,142
20211010$266,538$26,654
202073$13,012$4,337
2019124$33,298$8,324
20181715$455,120$30,341
201751$73$73
20151512$238,426$19,869
201411$2,412$2,412
201311$12,994$12,994
201220$0—
201144$48,688$12,172
200922$8,997$4,498
200674$74,087$18,522
200410$0—
200110$0—
199811695$1,168,014$12,295
19972618$142,829$7,935
199541$3,179$3,179
199210$0—
199174$19,468$4,867
198910$0—
19878963$204,177$3,241
19863118$37,971$2,110
19856145$98,349$2,186
19841914$21,064$1,505
198386$8,528$1,421
1982191175$916,866$5,239
19804133$52,178$1,581
197910$0—
197831$2,275$2,275

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: Ottawa County

Ottawa County has 529 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (9 in the last 12 months), 13 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 38; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 114 · Tornado: 15 · Flood: 38 · Wind: 296 · Winter: 38 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 43452?

695 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 537 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 43452?

$4.4M across 537 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 43452?

1982, with 191 claims and $917K paid.

What county is ZIP 43452 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Ottawa County, Ohio; 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.