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ZIP code 47714, Vanderburgh 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 47714, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, has 158 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 132 of them paid for a total of $1.1M.

That is 19.2% of the 821 claims recorded across Vanderburgh County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, lower than the county average of $11K and the Indiana average of $20K.

FEMA counts 4 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 461 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.7% of residential structures.

158NFIP claims since 1978
132paid claims
$1.1Mtotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 47714VanderburghIndianaUS
Claims since 197815882119,7872,680,429
Share of claims paid84%81%79%78%
Average paid claim$8K$11K$20K$43K
Share of county claims19.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties4691,749—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 47714 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$951
1980s75$133,258
1990s7$51,468
2000s65$758,481
2010s9$157,481
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201833$19,151$6,384
201433$43,194$14,398
201122$95,136$47,568
201010$0—
200922$2,476$1,238
200811$3,292$3,292
20063730$441,183$14,706
20051212$214,808$17,901
200477$65,070$9,296
200344$29,368$7,342
200022$2,283$1,141
199711$23,578$23,578
199633$19,110$6,370
199520$0—
199111$8,779$8,779
198976$29,802$4,967
198711$163$163
198632$2,241$1,120
198453$2,376$792
198353$3,421$1,140
198241$1,131$1,131
198165$4,426$885
19804438$89,698$2,360
197922$951$475

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: Vanderburgh County

Vanderburgh County has 1,012 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (32 in the last 12 months), 20 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 145; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 94 · Tornado: 32 · Flood: 145 · Wind: 316 · Winter: 126 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 47714?

158 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 132 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 47714?

$1.1M across 132 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 47714?

1980, with 44 claims and $90K paid.

What county is ZIP 47714 in?

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