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ZIP code 47460, Owen 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 47460, in Owen County, Indiana, has 137 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 121 of them paid for a total of $3.4M.

That is 93.2% of the 147 claims recorded across Owen County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $28K, close to the county average of $28K and the Indiana average of $20K.

FEMA counts 18 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 47 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

137NFIP claims since 1978
121paid claims
$3.4Mtotal paid
$28Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 47460OwenIndianaUS
Claims since 197813714719,7872,680,429
Share of claims paid88%88%79%78%
Average paid claim$28K$28K$20K$43K
Share of county claims93.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties18201,749—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 47460 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s17$122,637
2000s99$2,827,287
2010s7$14,999
2020s14$407,871
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202588$291,827$36,478
202411$4,088$4,088
202144$111,956$27,989
201732$3,067$1,534
201511$2,249$2,249
201331$9,683$9,683
200911$8,635$8,635
20085550$2,097,795$41,956
20053331$638,672$20,602
200366$48,593$8,099
200244$33,593$8,398
199851$11,484$11,484
199511$5,500$5,500
199399$98,632$10,959
199121$7,021$7,021

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: Owen County

Owen County has 382 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (18 in the last 12 months), 20 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 104; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 56 · Tornado: 17 · Flood: 104 · Wind: 142 · Winter: 35 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 47460?

137 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 121 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 47460?

$3.4M across 121 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $28K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 47460?

2008, with 55 claims and $2.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 47460 in?

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