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Flood history · Mobile, AL 36603

Flood insurance claims in Mobile, AL 36603

618 claims since 1978 and $13.9 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

618flood insurance claims since 1978
$13.9 millionpaid to policyholders
$27,002average paid claim
14claims in the last 10 years
42%of claims outside high-risk zones
#11of 470 Alabama ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 36603 since 1978.

1978: 1 claims1979: 31 claims1980: 78 claims1981: 171 claims1983: 19 claims1985: 1 claims1987: 1 claims1989: 5 claims1990: 7 claims1993: 4 claims1995: 2 claims1996: 1 claims1997: 44 claims1998: 64 claims2003: 2 claims2004: 15 claims2005: 124 claims2007: 1 claims2008: 7 claims2009: 13 claims2010: 1 claims2012: 1 claims2013: 1 claims2014: 9 claims2015: 1 claims2017: 2 claims2020: 9 claims2021: 1 claims2025: 2 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

About 42% of claims here were on properties rated outside high-risk zones (zones X, B or C). A lower-risk zone on the map is not a guarantee.

One event dominates the record: Unnamed flooding accounts for 42% of all claims in this ZIP code.

14 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is heavy rain or snowmelt collecting faster than it drains, which can happen far from any river or coast.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Unnamed flooding198025942%
Hurricane Katrina200510617%
Hurricane Danny1997366%
Hurricane Georges1998295%
Hurricane Frederic1979285%
Hurricane Ivan2004112%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)55% · 338
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)40% · 245
Zone not recorded6% · 35

NFIP communities

Mobile, City OfParticipates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Mobile County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Hurricane HeleneHurricane · Emergency · 2024-09-26
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And TornadoesSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2023-01-15
Hurricane ZetaHurricane · Major disaster · 2020-12-10
Hurricane SallyHurricane · Major disaster · 2020-09-20
Hurricane SallyHurricane · Emergency · 2020-09-14
Hurricane MichaelHurricane · Major disaster · 2018-11-05

25 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Mobile County since 2000.

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.

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