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Flood history · Long Beach, MS 39560

Flood insurance claims in Long Beach, MS 39560

2,086 claims since 1978 and $154.5 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

2,086flood insurance claims since 1978
$154.5 millionpaid to policyholders
$92,399average paid claim
89claims in the last 10 years
43%of claims outside high-risk zones
#5of 387 Mississippi ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 39560 since 1978.

1978: 4 claims1979: 10 claims1980: 63 claims1982: 11 claims1983: 51 claims1985: 47 claims1987: 1 claims1988: 6 claims1989: 6 claims1990: 4 claims1991: 74 claims1992: 5 claims1993: 6 claims1994: 2 claims1995: 93 claims1996: 3 claims1997: 28 claims1998: 197 claims1999: 2 claims2000: 1 claims2001: 137 claims2002: 17 claims2003: 3 claims2004: 4 claims2005: 1094 claims2006: 5 claims2008: 16 claims2009: 27 claims2010: 3 claims2011: 5 claims2012: 60 claims2013: 4 claims2014: 4 claims2015: 3 claims2016: 1 claims2017: 30 claims2018: 7 claims2019: 5 claims2020: 37 claims2021: 3 claims2022: 1 claims2023: 1 claims2024: 3 claims2026: 2 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

About 43% 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: Hurricane Katrina accounts for 52% of all claims in this ZIP code.

89 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.

Long Beach, City Of takes part in FEMA's Community Rating System (class 8), which can lower flood insurance premiums by up to 10% in high-risk zones.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Hurricane Katrina20051,08152%
Tropical Storm Allison20011346%
Hurricane Georges19981306%
Unnamed flooding19831286%
Hurricane Isaac2012462%
Hurricane Zeta2020352%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)57% · 1,188
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)43% · 897
Zone not recorded0% · 1

NFIP communities

Long Beach, City OfCRS class 8 · up to 10% off
Harrison County *CRS class 6 · up to 20% off

Federal disaster declarations in Harrison County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Tropical Storm ArthurTropical Storm · Major disaster · 2026-08-03
Hurricane IdaHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-10-22
Hurricane IdaHurricane · Emergency · 2021-08-28
Hurricane ZetaHurricane · Major disaster · 2020-12-31
Hurricane ZetaHurricane · Emergency · 2020-10-28
Hurricane DeltaHurricane · Emergency · 2020-10-08

20 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Harrison 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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