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ZIP code 68455, Cass County, Nebraska

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 148 NFIP claims for ZIP 68455 (Cass County, Nebraska), with $1.1M paid on 119 claims since 1978.

That is 36.1% of the 410 claims recorded across Cass County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $9K, lower than the county average of $26K and the Nebraska average of $22K.

FEMA counts 5 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 403 residential flood policies in force, covering 3% of residential structures.

148NFIP claims since 1978
119paid claims
$1.1Mtotal paid
$9Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 68455CassNebraskaUS
Claims since 19781484106,0692,680,429
Share of claims paid80%82%74%78%
Average paid claim$9K$26K$22K$43K
Share of county claims36.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties545430—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 68455 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s4$8,694
1990s18$100,024
2000s4$31,685
2010s120$941,880
2020s2$29,054
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$29,054$29,054
202210$0—
201922$114,704$57,352
201311$6,137$6,137
201210$0—
201110990$746,780$8,298
201075$74,259$14,852
200821$3,303$3,303
200422$28,382$14,191
199933$32,936$10,979
19931412$67,088$5,591
199010$0—
198910$0—
198810$0—
198422$8,694$4,347

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: Cass County

Cass County has 781 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (31 in the last 12 months), 27 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 76; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 258 · Tornado: 52 · Flood: 76 · Wind: 223 · Winter: 81 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 68455?

148 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 119 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 68455?

$1.1M across 119 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $9K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 68455?

2011, with 109 claims and $747K paid.

What county is ZIP 68455 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Cass County, Nebraska; 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.