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ZIP code 67218, Sedgwick 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 113 NFIP claims for ZIP 67218 (Sedgwick County, Kansas), with $566K paid on 67 claims since 1978.

That is 11.4% of the 990 claims recorded across Sedgwick County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, lower than the county average of $22K and the Kansas average of $19K.

FEMA counts 3 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 850 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.5% of residential structures.

113NFIP claims since 1978
67paid claims
$566Ktotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 67218SedgwickKansasUS
Claims since 19781139907,9012,680,429
Share of claims paid59%68%76%78%
Average paid claim$8K$22K$19K$43K
Share of county claims11.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties374463—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 67218 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$0
1980s34$140,132
1990s63$390,150
2000s12$24,591
2010s2$2,672
2020s1$8,939
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$8,939$8,939
201611$2,672$2,672
201310$0—
200944$10,561$2,640
200811$6,409$6,409
200732$3,955$1,978
200510$0—
200410$0—
200311$3,666$3,666
200010$0—
199933$6,033$2,011
199821$1,731$1,731
19974431$347,498$11,210
199531$732$732
1993105$34,155$6,831
199210$0—
198910$0—
1987148$46,959$5,870
198410$0—
1983168$93,173$11,647
198110$0—
198010$0—
197910$0—

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: Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County has 3,150 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (136 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 229; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 1,397 · Tornado: 91 · Flood: 229 · Wind: 1,186 · Winter: 82 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 67218?

113 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 67 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 67218?

$566K across 67 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 67218?

1997, with 44 claims and $347K paid.

What county is ZIP 67218 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Sedgwick 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 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.