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ZIP code 60126, DuPage County, Illinois

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 60126, in DuPage County, Illinois, has 342 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 252 of them paid for a total of $3.2M.

That is 9.5% of the 3,607 claims recorded across DuPage County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $13K, lower than the county average of $20K and the Illinois average of $14K.

FEMA counts 18 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 1,772 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

342NFIP claims since 1978
252paid claims
$3.2Mtotal paid
$13Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 60126DuPageIllinoisUS
Claims since 19783423,60752,8902,680,429
Share of claims paid74%77%78%78%
Average paid claim$13K$20K$14K$43K
Share of county claims9.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties182664,160—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 60126 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s11$161,555
1980s216$1,525,703
1990s10$5,635
2000s9$50,869
2010s89$1,396,504
2020s7$66,609
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202642$37,733$18,866
202032$28,877$14,438
201931$19,748$19,748
201710$0—
2015106$98,286$16,381
201443$47,409$15,803
20135146$959,452$20,858
201210$0—
201110$0—
20101816$271,609$16,976
200822$6,594$3,297
200721$4,972$4,972
200644$35,898$8,974
200111$3,405$3,405
199752$5,635$2,818
199520$0—
199410$0—
199020$0—
198820$0—
1987177134$1,147,378$8,563
198621$838$838
198592$2,120$1,060
198420$0—
198364$71,742$17,936
19821614$302,411$21,601
198110$0—
198011$1,214$1,214
19791110$161,555$16,155

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: DuPage County

DuPage County has 992 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (88 in the last 12 months), 16 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 143; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 255 · Tornado: 48 · Flood: 143 · Wind: 513 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 60126?

342 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 252 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 60126?

$3.2M across 252 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $13K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 60126?

1987, with 177 claims and $1.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 60126 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for DuPage County, Illinois; 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.