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ZIP code 63017, St. Louis County, Missouri

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 63017, in St. Louis County, Missouri, has 81 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 63 of them paid for a total of $2.6M.

That is 0.7% of the 12,031 claims recorded across St. Louis County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $42K, higher than the county average of $27K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 8 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 2,070 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

81NFIP claims since 1978
63paid claims
$2.6Mtotal paid
$42Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 63017St. LouisMissouriUS
Claims since 19788112,03151,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid78%83%85%78%
Average paid claim$42K$27K$23K$43K
Share of county claims0.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties87053,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 63017 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s7$40,592
1980s24$265,780
1990s41$2,220,008
2000s4$44,268
2010s2$0
2020s3$69,802
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202410$0—
202022$69,802$34,901
201810$0—
201510$0—
200832$44,268$22,134
200210$0—
199621$12,198$12,198
199542$142,861$71,431
199410$0—
19933327$2,063,192$76,415
199111$1,757$1,757
19861111$145,375$13,216
198533$46,887$15,629
198322$5,922$2,961
198254$53,588$13,397
198111$9,905$9,905
198021$4,104$4,104
197976$40,592$6,765

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: St. Louis County

St. Louis County has 1,459 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (24 in the last 12 months), 34 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 82; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 660 · Tornado: 58 · Flood: 82 · Wind: 635 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 63017?

81 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 63 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 63017?

$2.6M across 63 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $42K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 63017?

1993, with 33 claims and $2.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 63017 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for St. Louis County, Missouri; 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.