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ZIP code 61611, Woodford 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 61611, in Woodford County, Illinois, has 557 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 467 of them paid for a total of $4.6M.

That is 107.5% of the 518 claims recorded across Woodford County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $10K, close to the county average of $12K and the Illinois average of $14K.

FEMA counts 65 repetitive-loss properties and 11 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 103 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

557NFIP claims since 1978
467paid claims
$4.6Mtotal paid
$10Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 61611WoodfordIllinoisUS
Claims since 197855751852,8902,680,429
Share of claims paid84%84%78%78%
Average paid claim$10K$12K$14K$43K
Share of county claims107.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties65654,160—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 61611 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s95$757,158
1980s283$926,545
1990s35$164,395
2000s42$563,899
2010s92$2,009,630
2020s10$192,402
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
20201010$192,402$19,240
201966$67,711$11,285
201710$0—
201587$31,276$4,468
20137567$1,910,643$28,517
201120$0—
20092120$325,111$16,256
20082017$232,917$13,701
200211$5,871$5,871
199811$2,282$2,282
19971917$143,980$8,469
199596$13,317$2,219
199062$4,816$2,408
198510478$393,024$5,039
19832216$20,433$1,277
1982143125$481,983$3,856
1980149$31,105$3,456
19799585$757,158$8,908

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: Woodford County

Woodford County has 588 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (42 in the last 12 months), 14 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 48; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 138 · Tornado: 54 · Flood: 48 · Wind: 239 · Winter: 61 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 61611?

557 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 467 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 61611?

$4.6M across 467 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $10K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 61611?

1982, with 143 claims and $482K paid.

What county is ZIP 61611 in?

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