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ZIP code 46784, Noble County, Indiana

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 46784, in Noble County, Indiana, has 75 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 63 of them paid for a total of $1.0M.

That is 33.2% of the 226 claims recorded across Noble County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $16K, close to the county average of $16K and the Indiana average of $20K.

FEMA counts 8 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 192 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.9% of residential structures.

75NFIP claims since 1978
63paid claims
$1.0Mtotal paid
$16Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 46784NobleIndianaUS
Claims since 19787522619,7872,680,429
Share of claims paid84%80%79%78%
Average paid claim$16K$16K$20K$43K
Share of county claims33.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties8261,749—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 46784 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s9$17,375
1990s15$75,478
2000s17$169,835
2010s33$753,811
2020s1$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
201911$1,326$1,326
201822$12,714$6,357
20172119$694,481$36,552
201576$38,098$6,350
201122$7,192$3,596
200976$74,667$12,444
2008107$95,168$13,595
199821$4,281$4,281
199611$266$266
199375$20,117$4,023
199111$11,217$11,217
199044$39,596$9,899
198532$1,672$836
198255$15,330$3,066
198111$373$373

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: Noble County

Noble County has 423 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (5 in the last 12 months), 16 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 3; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 85 · Tornado: 15 · Flood: 3 · Wind: 211 · Winter: 100 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 46784?

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

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 46784?

$1.0M across 63 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $16K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 46784?

2017, with 21 claims and $694K paid.

What county is ZIP 46784 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Noble County, Indiana; 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.