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ZIP code 63122, 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.

OpenFEMA lists 285 NFIP claims for ZIP 63122 (St. Louis County, Missouri), with $10M paid on 222 claims since 1978.

That is 2.4% of the 12,031 claims recorded across St. Louis County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $46K, higher than the county average of $27K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 25 repetitive-loss properties and 8 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.

285NFIP claims since 1978
222paid claims
$10Mtotal paid
$46Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 63122St. LouisMissouriUS
Claims since 197828512,03151,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid78%83%85%78%
Average paid claim$46K$27K$23K$43K
Share of county claims2.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties257053,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 63122 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s29$149,095
1980s73$545,761
1990s90$825,918
2000s31$543,322
2010s49$7,975,525
2020s13$261,869
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$20,198$20,198
202422$31,431$15,716
202286$120,683$20,114
202022$89,557$44,778
20191310$278,314$27,831
20171514$3,556,943$254,067
201611$94,100$94,100
20151512$4,039,866$336,655
201321$1,103$1,103
201210$0—
201121$5,199$5,199
200931$2,388$2,388
20081210$442,152$44,215
200511$2,251$2,251
200455$79,097$15,819
200344$9,543$2,386
200211$1,804$1,804
200052$6,088$3,044
199886$33,511$5,585
199733$14,516$4,839
199665$16,667$3,333
199598$44,117$5,515
19941612$186,291$15,524
19933528$495,230$17,687
199220$0—
199121$3,499$3,499
199097$32,087$4,584
198753$2,929$976
198621$15,009$15,009
19853221$75,476$3,594
198410$0—
198397$60,366$8,624
19822118$390,830$21,713
198121$594$594
198011$558$558
19792926$149,095$5,734

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 63122?

285 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 222 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 63122?

$10M across 222 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $46K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 63122?

1993, with 35 claims and $495K paid.

What county is ZIP 63122 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.