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Flood history · Mobile, AL 36606

Flood insurance claims in Mobile, AL 36606

561 claims since 1978 and $5.6 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

561flood insurance claims since 1978
$5.6 millionpaid to policyholders
$12,426average paid claim
11claims in the last 10 years
75%of claims outside high-risk zones
#14of 470 Alabama ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 36606 since 1978.

1978: 4 claims1979: 57 claims1980: 80 claims1981: 214 claims1982: 3 claims1983: 47 claims1984: 3 claims1985: 13 claims1987: 2 claims1990: 4 claims1991: 1 claims1993: 2 claims1995: 2 claims1997: 30 claims1998: 48 claims2000: 1 claims2001: 3 claims2003: 4 claims2004: 3 claims2005: 7 claims2006: 1 claims2008: 3 claims2009: 11 claims2010: 4 claims2011: 1 claims2014: 1 claims2015: 1 claims2017: 1 claims2018: 1 claims2019: 2 claims2020: 1 claims2021: 5 claims2025: 1 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

About 75% 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 49% of all claims in this ZIP code.

11 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 flooding198127549%
Hurricane Frederic1979478%
Hurricane Danny1997254%
Hurricane Georges1998122%
Hurricane Elena198592%
Hurricane Katrina200571%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)25% · 140
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)67% · 378
Undetermined (D)7% · 41
Zone not recorded0% · 2

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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