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Hurricane Ivan (2004)
Ivan in the federal records: the 191 cities near its track, flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and NWS reports.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Ivan (2004) passed within 75 miles of 191 cities on this site in 4 states, 73 of them while it was at hurricane strength. Its peak wind on the NHC track was 167 mph (Category 5); the track runs from September 2, 2004 to September 24, 2004. It is on this list for the 10th most flood insurance claims of any tropical system on record. The most cities within 75 miles were in Alabama (139), Mississippi (20), Louisiana (17) and Florida (15).
- Cities within 75 mi
- 191
- Peak wind
- 167 mph
- NFIP claims
- 32,886
- Deaths in NWS reports
- 21
73 at hurricane strength
Category 5
$1.59 billion
559 reports
The full track, landfalls and every city it passed →
Where it came closest
| City | Closest | Wind on the track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Shores, AL | 10 mi | Category 3 (119 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 39 mi | Category 3 (119 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Gulfport, MS | 72 mi | Category 3 (119 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Gautier, MS | 46 mi | Category 3 (117 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Ocean Springs, MS | 54 mi | Category 3 (117 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Diberville, MS | 61 mi | Category 3 (117 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Biloxi, MS | 63 mi | Category 3 (117 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Coden, AL | 19 mi | Category 3 (116 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Orange Beach, AL | 19 mi | Category 3 (116 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Foley, AL | 10 mi | Category 3 (114 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Elberta, AL | 18 mi | Category 3 (114 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
| Moss Point, MS | 39 mi | Category 3 (114 mph) | September 16, 2004 |
The 12 cities with the strongest wind on the NHC best track at its closest point, of 191 within 75 miles. Wind on the track is not the wind felt in the city.
Flood insurance claims and federal declarations
National Flood Insurance Program policyholders filed 32,886 claims under its name and were paid $1.59 billion for buildings and contents, in the dollars of the time; that is the 10th most of the 104 tropical systems with claims under their name. Florida had 12,934 of them (39%), then Pennsylvania with 8,147 and Alabama with 6,895. Among the cities on this site, the most claims came from Gulf Breeze, FL: 3,916, paid $377.4 million. Claims data as of September 8, 2026. FEMA issued 8 major disaster declarations naming it, covering 321 designated areas in 8 states and territories; the first came on September 15, 2004.
| City | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Breeze, FL | 3,916 | $377.4 million |
| Pensacola, FL | 2,849 | $263.1 million |
| Gulf Shores, AL | 2,796 | $124.6 million |
| Orange Beach, AL | 1,684 | $173.7 million |
| Navarre, FL | 1,235 | $80.4 million |
| Wheeling, WV | 958 | $16.2 million |
| Destin, FL | 891 | $26.3 million |
| Milton, FL | 888 | $82.1 million |
FEMA, OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3 (claims whose flood event carries the storm's name, ZIP codes summed by city) and Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What the National Weather Service recorded
The National Weather Service logged 559 reports whose account names it, in 21 states: 128 tropical storm, 128 high wind, 104 flood, 80 hurricane and 68 flash flood. They record 21 deaths and 121 injuries, and $7.02 billion in estimated property and crop damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, reports dated within the storm's track whose account names it. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses; some reports are unverified.
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