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ZIP code 57252, Grant County, South Dakota

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 57252, in Grant County, South Dakota, has 17 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 15 of them paid for a total of $119K.

That is 41.5% of the 41 claims recorded across Grant County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, close to the county average of $9K and the South Dakota average of $21K.

FEMA counts 3 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 8 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.2% of residential structures.

17NFIP claims since 1978
15paid claims
$119Ktotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 57252GrantSouth DakotaUS
Claims since 197817414,0162,680,429
Share of claims paid88%88%75%78%
Average paid claim$8K$9K$21K$43K
Share of county claims41.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties34250—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 57252 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s5$29,946
2000s7$50,672
2010s5$38,113
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201911$15,878$15,878
201322$19,236$9,618
201111$1,000$1,000
201011$2,000$2,000
200833$45,303$15,101
200711$1,000$1,000
200511$391$391
200122$3,978$1,989
199753$29,946$9,982

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: Grant County

Grant County has 566 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (15 in the last 12 months), 22 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 44; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 128 · Tornado: 22 · Flood: 44 · Wind: 128 · Winter: 162 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 57252?

17 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 15 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 57252?

$119K across 15 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 57252?

1997, with 5 claims and $30K paid.

What county is ZIP 57252 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Grant County, South Dakota; 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.