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ZIP code 44095, Lake 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 329 NFIP claims for ZIP 44095 (Lake County, Ohio), with $2.5M paid on 258 claims since 1978.

That is 37.3% of the 882 claims recorded across Lake County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $10K, lower than the county average of $18K and the Ohio average of $17K.

FEMA counts 44 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 407 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.5% of residential structures.

329NFIP claims since 1978
258paid claims
$2.5Mtotal paid
$10Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 44095LakeOhioUS
Claims since 197832988228,4172,680,429
Share of claims paid78%78%78%78%
Average paid claim$10K$18K$17K$43K
Share of county claims37.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties44852,635—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 44095 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s51$147,206
1980s121$595,422
1990s63$831,422
2000s53$425,463
2010s37$321,037
2020s4$221,451
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$13,883$13,883
202311$4,398$4,398
202211$199,499$199,499
202111$3,672$3,672
201510$0—
201410$0—
20131412$201,951$16,829
201233$10,280$3,427
20111710$108,805$10,881
201010$0—
200832$14,954$7,477
20063835$387,454$11,070
2005126$23,054$3,842
199910$0—
199811$189$189
199732$13,803$6,902
199673$30,401$10,134
199510$0—
19944540$561,854$14,046
199311$169,750$169,750
199210$0—
199033$55,424$18,475
19896554$493,028$9,130
19871612$49,527$4,127
198673$16,739$5,580
198522$3,172$1,586
198421$1,425$1,425
198310$0—
19821411$21,288$1,935
198196$5,999$1,000
198054$4,245$1,061
19791311$13,201$1,200
19783832$134,005$4,188

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: Lake County

Lake County has 607 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (10 in the last 12 months), 15 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 51; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 98 · Tornado: 5 · Flood: 51 · Wind: 304 · Winter: 127 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 44095?

329 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 258 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 44095?

$2.5M across 258 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $10K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 44095?

1989, with 65 claims and $493K paid.

What county is ZIP 44095 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Lake 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.