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ZIP code 65101, Cole 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 65101, in Cole County, Missouri, has 381 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 343 of them paid for a total of $7.3M.

That is 91.6% of the 416 claims recorded across Cole County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $21K, close to the county average of $21K and the Missouri average of $23K.

FEMA counts 49 repetitive-loss properties and 15 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 83 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.3% of residential structures.

381NFIP claims since 1978
343paid claims
$7.3Mtotal paid
$21Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 65101ColeMissouriUS
Claims since 197838141651,3042,680,429
Share of claims paid90%89%85%78%
Average paid claim$21K$21K$23K$43K
Share of county claims91.6%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties49483,886—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 65101 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s35$235,024
1990s219$3,778,832
2000s27$411,212
2010s91$2,716,349
2020s9$193,674
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$4,367$4,367
202088$189,307$23,663
20193835$2,022,452$57,784
201788$78,495$9,812
201643$239,409$79,803
20152018$214,113$11,895
201410$0—
20131110$136,921$13,692
201130$0—
201066$24,959$4,160
200943$86,346$28,782
200887$105,681$15,097
200733$54,347$18,116
200411$4,014$4,014
200233$62,902$20,967
200187$97,923$13,989
199922$58,147$29,073
19981410$116,597$11,660
199722$44,337$22,168
199611$62,223$62,223
19958074$1,407,500$19,020
19942723$110,235$4,793
19938174$1,907,828$25,781
199222$7,106$3,553
19901010$64,858$6,486
198732$9,015$4,508
19861414$141,420$10,101
198598$72,555$9,069
198344$6,683$1,671
198233$4,742$1,581
198121$609$609

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: Cole County

Cole County has 469 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (10 in the last 12 months), 26 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 42; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 147 · Tornado: 12 · Flood: 42 · Wind: 146 · Winter: 48 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 65101?

381 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 343 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 65101?

$7.3M across 343 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $21K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 65101?

1993, with 81 claims and $1.9M paid.

What county is ZIP 65101 in?

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