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ZIP code 61562, Peoria 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 188 NFIP claims for ZIP 61562 (Peoria County, Illinois), with $1.6M paid on 167 claims since 1978.

That is 7.4% of the 2,547 claims recorded across Peoria County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $10K, close to the county average of $11K and the Illinois average of $14K.

FEMA counts 11 repetitive-loss properties and 2 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 302 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

188NFIP claims since 1978
167paid claims
$1.6Mtotal paid
$10Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 61562PeoriaIllinoisUS
Claims since 19781882,54752,8902,680,429
Share of claims paid89%87%78%78%
Average paid claim$10K$11K$14K$43K
Share of county claims7.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties111994,160—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 61562 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s33$357,530
1980s104$424,984
1990s12$104,590
2000s21$239,881
2010s18$493,127
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201911$14,738$14,738
20131615$478,389$31,893
201010$0—
20091010$161,771$16,177
200899$77,107$8,567
200511$700$700
200211$303$303
199821$1,180$1,180
199787$81,429$11,633
199522$21,981$10,991
19853330$156,192$5,206
198410$0—
19831512$29,548$2,462
19825549$239,244$4,883
19793329$357,530$12,329

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: Peoria County

Peoria County has 875 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (33 in the last 12 months), 15 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 49; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 238 · Tornado: 32 · Flood: 49 · Wind: 426 · Winter: 72 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 61562?

188 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 167 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 61562?

$1.6M across 167 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $10K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 61562?

1982, with 55 claims and $239K paid.

What county is ZIP 61562 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Peoria 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.