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ZIP code 60428, Cook 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.

OpenFEMA lists 240 NFIP claims for ZIP 60428 (Cook County, Illinois), with $691K paid on 150 claims since 1978.

That is 1.6% of the 15,260 claims recorded across Cook County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $5K, lower than the county average of $13K and the Illinois average of $14K.

FEMA counts 14 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 6,353 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.5% of residential structures.

240NFIP claims since 1978
150paid claims
$691Ktotal paid
$5Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 60428CookIllinoisUS
Claims since 197824015,26052,8902,680,429
Share of claims paid63%72%78%78%
Average paid claim$5K$13K$14K$43K
Share of county claims1.6%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties141,6124,160—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 60428 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s6$1,204
1980s169$545,875
1990s49$84,547
2000s10$18,692
2010s2$21,465
2020s4$18,820
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$949$949
202311$1,519$1,519
202210$0—
202111$16,352$16,352
201311$19,249$19,249
201111$2,216$2,216
200833$5,648$1,883
200711$6,777$6,777
200511$4,065$4,065
200320$0—
200132$2,201$1,101
199822$10,711$5,356
199742$1,692$846
19963020$63,392$3,170
199510$0—
199320$0—
199221$533$533
199132$4,367$2,184
199052$3,851$1,925
198962$12,685$6,343
198752$1,931$966
198631$718$718
198590$0—
198441$36,429$36,429
19832620$72,107$3,605
19825635$236,756$6,764
19815547$185,249$3,941
198050$0—
197951$1,204$1,204
197810$0—

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: Cook County

Cook County has 3,111 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (302 in the last 12 months), 24 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 420; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 643 · Tornado: 87 · Flood: 420 · Wind: 1,582 · Winter: 78 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 60428?

240 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 150 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 60428?

$691K across 150 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $5K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 60428?

1982, with 56 claims and $237K paid.

What county is ZIP 60428 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Cook 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.