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ZIP code 63123, 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 63123, in St. Louis County, Missouri, has 267 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 193 of them paid for a total of $2.2M.

That is 2.2% of the 12,031 claims recorded across St. Louis County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $11K, lower than the county average of $27K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 21 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 2,070 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

267NFIP claims since 1978
193paid claims
$2.2Mtotal paid
$11Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 63123St. LouisMissouriUS
Claims since 197826712,03151,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid72%83%85%78%
Average paid claim$11K$27K$23K$43K
Share of county claims2.2%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties217053,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 63123 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s53$252,170
1980s47$184,372
1990s112$595,340
2000s31$431,723
2010s13$294,258
2020s11$422,260
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$26,759$26,759
202387$380,994$54,428
202222$14,507$7,253
201975$72,449$14,490
201743$220,170$73,390
201511$1,639$1,639
201110$0—
200931$706$706
20082320$429,911$21,496
200610$0—
200341$1,106$1,106
199811$1,549$1,549
199622$20,401$10,201
199521$5,210$5,210
199411$331$331
19939965$537,157$8,264
199232$26,109$13,054
199121$332$332
199022$4,253$2,126
198720$0—
198622$5,898$2,949
198574$20,817$5,204
198411$385$385
198364$6,318$1,580
19822421$145,424$6,925
198143$5,529$1,843
198010$0—
19795241$251,119$6,125
197811$1,051$1,051

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 63123?

267 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 193 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 63123?

$2.2M across 193 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $11K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 63123?

1993, with 99 claims and $537K paid.

What county is ZIP 63123 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.