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ZIP code 66713, Cherokee 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.

ZIP code 66713, in Cherokee County, Kansas, has 31 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 28 of them paid for a total of $594K.

That is 36% of the 86 claims recorded across Cherokee County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $21K, close to the county average of $22K and the Kansas average of $19K.

FEMA counts 1 repetitive-loss property 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 38 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

31NFIP claims since 1978
28paid claims
$594Ktotal paid
$21Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 66713CherokeeKansasUS
Claims since 197831867,9012,680,429
Share of claims paid90%88%76%78%
Average paid claim$21K$22K$19K$43K
Share of county claims36.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties17463—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 66713 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s6$14,464
1990s11$115,966
2000s3$56,577
2010s11$407,400
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201910$0—
2015109$407,400$45,267
200733$56,577$18,859
199510$0—
199433$5,640$1,880
199377$110,326$15,761
198633$7,686$2,562
198533$6,777$2,259

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: Cherokee County

Cherokee County has 874 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (33 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: 165; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 259 · Tornado: 46 · Flood: 165 · Wind: 274 · Winter: 48 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 66713?

31 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 28 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 66713?

$594K across 28 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $21K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 66713?

2015, with 10 claims and $407K paid.

What county is ZIP 66713 in?

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