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ZIP code 44089, Erie 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.

ZIP code 44089, in Erie County, Ohio, has 424 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 375 of them paid for a total of $4.4M.

That is 38.4% of the 1,103 claims recorded across Erie County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $12K, higher than the county average of $9K and the Ohio average of $17K.

FEMA counts 41 repetitive-loss properties and 10 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 414 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.2% of residential structures.

424NFIP claims since 1978
375paid claims
$4.4Mtotal paid
$12Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 44089ErieOhioUS
Claims since 19784241,10328,4172,680,429
Share of claims paid88%81%78%78%
Average paid claim$12K$9K$17K$43K
Share of county claims38.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties41902,635—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 44089 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s41$59,398
1980s195$2,751,064
1990s103$761,320
2000s35$277,750
2010s45$508,409
2020s5$45,457
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$4,378$4,378
202311$27,958$27,958
202111$8,375$8,375
202021$4,745$4,745
20191311$156,213$14,201
201521$3,000$3,000
20142522$331,166$15,053
201321$7,519$7,519
201222$5,816$2,908
201111$4,695$4,695
200999$82,407$9,156
200811$4,719$4,719
200786$109,945$18,324
20061514$77,462$5,533
200522$3,217$1,609
199922$9,033$4,517
199864$18,023$4,506
199733$20,089$6,696
19964845$317,235$7,050
199544$29,313$7,328
19943838$367,626$9,674
199310$0—
199110$0—
198732$3,333$1,666
198610$0—
1985140133$2,654,180$19,956
19842417$60,376$3,552
198310$0—
19822116$28,490$1,781
198132$3,138$1,569
198022$1,548$774
19792722$45,641$2,075
19781411$13,757$1,251

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: Erie County

Erie County has 553 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (11 in the last 12 months), 14 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 72; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 108 · Tornado: 15 · Flood: 72 · Wind: 285 · Winter: 38 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 44089?

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

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 44089?

$4.4M across 375 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $12K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 44089?

1985, with 140 claims and $2.7M paid.

What county is ZIP 44089 in?

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