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ZIP code 71023, Webster Parish, Louisiana

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 71023, in Webster Parish, Louisiana, has 77 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 69 of them paid for a total of $2.7M.

That is 34.5% of the 223 claims recorded across Webster Parish. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $39K, close to the county average of $36K and the Louisiana average of $54K.

FEMA counts 10 repetitive-loss properties and 5 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 112 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

77NFIP claims since 1978
69paid claims
$2.7Mtotal paid
$39Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 71023WebsterLouisianaUS
Claims since 197877223485,7432,680,429
Share of claims paid90%89%80%78%
Average paid claim$39K$36K$54K$43K
Share of county claims34.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties103530,692—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 71023 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$4,436
1980s0$0
1990s26$272,742
2000s18$288,984
2010s30$2,130,965
2020s2$27,111
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202221$27,111$27,111
20162928$2,123,006$75,822
201511$7,959$7,959
20091110$215,776$21,578
200511$16,036$16,036
200165$57,172$11,434
199975$94,367$18,873
199799$120,996$13,444
199322$4,393$2,196
199186$52,987$8,831
197911$4,436$4,436

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: Webster Parish

Webster Parish has 910 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (28 in the last 12 months), 37 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 67; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 253 · Tornado: 60 · Flood: 67 · Wind: 332 · Winter: 28 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 71023?

77 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 69 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 71023?

$2.7M across 69 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $39K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 71023?

2016, with 29 claims and $2.1M paid.

What county is ZIP 71023 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Webster Parish, Louisiana; 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.