County Hazards

States › Ohio › Meigs County › ZIP 45775

ZIP code 45775, Meigs 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 72 NFIP claims for ZIP 45775 (Meigs County, Ohio), with $822K paid on 63 claims since 1978.

That is 26.4% of the 273 claims recorded across Meigs County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $13K, close to the county average of $11K and the Ohio average of $17K.

FEMA counts 10 repetitive-loss properties and 4 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 106 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.1% of residential structures.

72NFIP claims since 1978
63paid claims
$822Ktotal paid
$13Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 45775MeigsOhioUS
Claims since 19787227328,4172,680,429
Share of claims paid88%81%78%78%
Average paid claim$13K$11K$17K$43K
Share of county claims26.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties10352,635—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 45775 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s15$54,205
1980s0$0
1990s25$285,519
2000s19$179,383
2010s13$302,920
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201932$56,733$28,367
201811$46,500$46,500
201622$58,287$29,144
201222$68,871$34,435
201055$72,528$14,506
200499$121,617$13,513
200133$20,695$6,898
200076$37,071$6,178
19971513$203,523$15,656
199585$81,996$16,399
199210$0—
199110$0—
19781515$54,205$3,614

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: Meigs County

Meigs County has 457 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (20 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 122; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 55 · Tornado: 6 · Flood: 122 · Wind: 127 · Winter: 64 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 45775?

72 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 63 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 45775?

$822K across 63 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $13K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 45775?

1978, with 15 claims and $54K paid.

What county is ZIP 45775 in?

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