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ZIP code 76309, Wichita County, Texas

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 76309, in Wichita County, Texas, has 129 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 88 of them paid for a total of $1.6M.

That is 10% of the 1,295 claims recorded across Wichita County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $19K, close to the county average of $19K and the Texas average of $55K.

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 602 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.3% of residential structures.

129NFIP claims since 1978
88paid claims
$1.6Mtotal paid
$19Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 76309WichitaTexasUS
Claims since 19781291,295394,2042,680,429
Share of claims paid68%80%80%78%
Average paid claim$19K$19K$55K$43K
Share of county claims10.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties13834,444—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 76309 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s42$132,516
1990s43$259,818
2000s36$1,197,257
2010s7$52,521
2020s1$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202110$0—
201622$44,246$22,123
201541$8,276$8,276
201110$0—
200842$20,125$10,063
20073020$1,176,422$58,821
200121$709$709
19972017$222,844$13,108
199388$19,332$2,416
1990159$17,642$1,960
19891918$35,533$1,974
1987187$30,737$4,391
198531$3,263$3,263
198222$62,983$31,491

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: Wichita County

Wichita County has 1,595 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (53 in the last 12 months), 24 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 38; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 756 · Tornado: 63 · Flood: 38 · Wind: 478 · Winter: 39 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 76309?

129 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 88 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 76309?

$1.6M across 88 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $19K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 76309?

2007, with 30 claims and $1.2M paid.

What county is ZIP 76309 in?

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