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ZIP code 58201, Grand Forks County, North 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.

OpenFEMA lists 2,189 NFIP claims for ZIP 58201 (Grand Forks County, North Dakota), with $55M paid on 1,953 claims since 1978.

That is 70.3% of the 3,114 claims recorded across Grand Forks County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $28K, close to the county average of $27K and the North Dakota average of $24K.

FEMA counts 4 repetitive-loss properties and 3 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 301 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.6% of residential structures.

2,189NFIP claims since 1978
1,953paid claims
$55Mtotal paid
$28Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 58201Grand ForksNorth DakotaUS
Claims since 19782,1893,11413,3072,680,429
Share of claims paid89%89%81%78%
Average paid claim$28K$27K$24K$43K
Share of county claims70.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties420240—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 58201 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s189$1,295,758
1980s73$58,138
1990s1,765$52,884,247
2000s69$275,735
2010s81$360,201
2020s12$46,994
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202243$9,723$3,241
202087$37,271$5,324
20195343$232,369$5,404
201810$0—
201622$5,251$2,625
201510$0—
201332$2,000$1,000
20111717$116,118$6,830
201044$4,463$1,116
20092016$99,140$6,196
200810$0—
200710$0—
200622$76,460$38,230
200511$489$489
200243$3,741$1,247
20014019$95,905$5,048
199942$2,702$1,351
19971,7431,597$52,848,749$33,093
1996119$30,431$3,381
199420$0—
199320$0—
199221$1,865$1,865
199111$500$500
19894441$24,398$595
198411$229$229
198332$21,619$10,809
19822110$11,502$1,150
198131$390$390
198010$0—
1979166148$1,238,293$8,367
19782321$57,465$2,736

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: Grand Forks County

Grand Forks County has 1,357 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (54 in the last 12 months), 38 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 80; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 392 · Tornado: 92 · Flood: 80 · Wind: 445 · Winter: 195 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 58201?

2,189 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 1,953 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 58201?

$55M across 1,953 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $28K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 58201?

1997, with 1,743 claims and $53M paid.

What county is ZIP 58201 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Grand Forks County, North 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.