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ZIP code 52747, Muscatine County, Iowa

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 52747, in Muscatine County, Iowa, has 11 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 11 of them paid for a total of $115K.

That is 3.1% of the 355 claims recorded across Muscatine County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $10K, lower than the county average of $20K and the Iowa average of $30K.

FEMA counts 1 repetitive-loss property 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 130 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.8% of residential structures.

11NFIP claims since 1978
11paid claims
$115Ktotal paid
$10Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 52747MuscatineIowaUS
Claims since 19781135514,7882,680,429
Share of claims paid100%80%81%78%
Average paid claim$10K$20K$30K$43K
Share of county claims3.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties1451,104—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 52747 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s0$0
2000s0$0
2010s9$73,164
2020s2$41,793
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$16,383$16,383
202511$25,410$25,410
201933$22,846$7,615
201811$10,767$10,767
201522$14,011$7,006
201422$15,778$7,889
201311$9,762$9,762

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: Muscatine County

Muscatine County has 726 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (17 in the last 12 months), 21 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 85; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 160 · Tornado: 41 · Flood: 85 · Wind: 225 · Winter: 148 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 52747?

11 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 11 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 52747?

$115K across 11 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $10K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 52747?

2019, with 3 claims and $23K paid.

What county is ZIP 52747 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Muscatine County, Iowa; 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.