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ZIP code 66701, Bourbon County, Kansas

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 62 NFIP claims for ZIP 66701 (Bourbon County, Kansas), with $2.4M paid on 52 claims since 1978.

That is 96.9% of the 64 claims recorded across Bourbon County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $47K, close to the county average of $46K and the Kansas average of $19K.

FEMA counts 8 repetitive-loss properties and 3 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 11 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.2% of residential structures.

62NFIP claims since 1978
52paid claims
$2.4Mtotal paid
$47Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 66701BourbonKansasUS
Claims since 197862647,9012,680,429
Share of claims paid84%83%76%78%
Average paid claim$47K$46K$19K$43K
Share of county claims96.9%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties88463—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 66701 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s8$696,769
1990s48$1,638,476
2000s2$86,037
2010s3$7,842
2020s1$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202410$0—
201710$0—
201322$7,842$3,921
200722$86,037$43,018
19981916$1,122,305$70,144
19941313$340,349$26,181
199375$36,124$7,225
199276$137,739$22,956
199021$1,960$1,960
198676$695,745$115,958
198511$1,024$1,024

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: Bourbon County

Bourbon County has 561 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (7 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 83; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 173 · Tornado: 18 · Flood: 83 · Wind: 169 · Winter: 41 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 66701?

62 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 52 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 66701?

$2.4M across 52 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $47K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 66701?

1998, with 19 claims and $1.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 66701 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Bourbon County, Kansas; 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.