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ZIP code 73159, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

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 73159, in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, has 54 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 40 of them paid for a total of $712K.

That is 3.1% of the 1,715 claims recorded across Oklahoma County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $18K, close to the county average of $21K and the Oklahoma average of $24K.

FEMA counts 2 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 1,251 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.5% of residential structures.

54NFIP claims since 1978
40paid claims
$712Ktotal paid
$18Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 73159OklahomaOklahomaUS
Claims since 1978541,71512,9982,680,429
Share of claims paid74%69%82%78%
Average paid claim$18K$21K$24K$43K
Share of county claims3.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2159949—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 73159 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s7$4,263
1980s12$11,211
1990s14$111,676
2000s1$10,766
2010s20$573,619
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201911$6,481$6,481
2013129$396,009$44,001
201074$171,129$42,782
200411$10,766$10,766
19931311$111,302$10,118
199011$373$373
198922$384$192
198710$0—
198422$3,200$1,600
198222$3,521$1,760
198152$4,107$2,054
197964$3,923$981
197811$341$341

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: Oklahoma County

Oklahoma County has 2,884 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (106 in the last 12 months), 52 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 212; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 1,273 · Tornado: 141 · Flood: 212 · Wind: 889 · Winter: 80 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 73159?

54 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 40 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 73159?

$712K across 40 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $18K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 73159?

1993, with 13 claims and $111K paid.

What county is ZIP 73159 in?

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