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ZIP code 53530, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

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 54 NFIP claims for ZIP 53530 (Lafayette County, Wisconsin), with $521K paid on 44 claims since 1978.

That is 88.5% of the 61 claims recorded across Lafayette County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $12K, close to the county average of $11K and the Wisconsin average of $20K.

FEMA counts 2 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 19 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.3% of residential structures.

54NFIP claims since 1978
44paid claims
$521Ktotal paid
$12Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 53530LafayetteWisconsinUS
Claims since 197854619,5222,680,429
Share of claims paid81%82%76%78%
Average paid claim$12K$11K$20K$43K
Share of county claims88.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties25694—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 53530 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s48$470,291
2000s3$10,494
2010s3$40,000
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201911$40,000$40,000
201020$0—
200410$0—
200021$10,494$10,494
199432$1,290$645
19932722$146,399$6,654
19901818$322,603$17,922

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: Lafayette County

Lafayette County has 771 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (25 in the last 12 months), 14 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 48; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 80 · Tornado: 36 · Flood: 48 · Wind: 217 · Winter: 207 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 53530?

54 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 44 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 53530?

$521K across 44 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $12K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 53530?

1993, with 27 claims and $146K paid.

What county is ZIP 53530 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Lafayette County, Wisconsin; 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.