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ZIP code 63501, Adair 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 63501, in Adair County, Missouri, has 18 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 15 of them paid for a total of $399K.

That is 85.7% of the 21 claims recorded across Adair County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $27K, close to the county average of $31K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 2 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 5 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.1% of residential structures.

18NFIP claims since 1978
15paid claims
$399Ktotal paid
$27Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 63501AdairMissouriUS
Claims since 1978182151,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid83%81%85%78%
Average paid claim$27K$31K$23K$43K
Share of county claims85.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties243,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 63501 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s4$30,029
1990s3$11,386
2000s0$0
2010s4$64,274
2020s7$293,626
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202365$293,626$58,725
201911$41,794$41,794
201510$0—
201111$3,030$3,030
201011$19,451$19,451
199333$11,386$3,795
198222$16,132$8,066
198122$13,897$6,948

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: Adair County

Adair County has 406 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (3 in the last 12 months), 26 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 47; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 105 · Tornado: 10 · Flood: 47 · Wind: 137 · Winter: 53 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 63501?

18 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 15 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 63501?

$399K across 15 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $27K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 63501?

2023, with 6 claims and $294K paid.

What county is ZIP 63501 in?

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