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ZIP code 64484, Buchanan 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 386 NFIP claims for ZIP 64484 (Buchanan County, Missouri), with $16M paid on 357 claims since 1978.

That is 62% of the 623 claims recorded across Buchanan County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $44K, close to the county average of $43K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 48 repetitive-loss properties and 14 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 215 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.7% of residential structures.

386NFIP claims since 1978
357paid claims
$16Mtotal paid
$44Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 64484BuchananMissouriUS
Claims since 197838662351,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid92%85%85%78%
Average paid claim$44K$43K$23K$43K
Share of county claims62.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties48713,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 64484 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s66$943,857
1990s99$3,040,484
2000s7$67,774
2010s213$11,733,783
2020s1$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202110$0—
201910598$4,019,086$41,011
2011107100$7,714,697$77,147
201010$0—
200855$66,495$13,299
200711$1,279$1,279
200210$0—
199510$0—
19939694$3,022,615$32,155
199222$17,869$8,934
198621$2,246$2,246
19846052$927,371$17,834
198311$4,569$4,569
198233$9,670$3,223

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: Buchanan County

Buchanan County has 673 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (13 in the last 12 months), 28 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 121; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 178 · Tornado: 26 · Flood: 121 · Wind: 258 · Winter: 44 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 64484?

386 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 357 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 64484?

$16M across 357 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $44K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 64484?

2011, with 107 claims and $7.7M paid.

What county is ZIP 64484 in?

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