diff --git a/src/models/storm_report.cpp b/src/models/storm_report.cpp
index 17cfc02..7e16129 100644
--- a/src/models/storm_report.cpp
+++ b/src/models/storm_report.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "models/from_tree.hpp"
 #include "models/json.hpp"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstddef>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace spc {
@@ -19,8 +21,10 @@ StormReportPayload detail::storm_reports_from_tree(const Json& root) {
 		return payload;
 	}
 	const Json::array_t& features = features_node->get_array();
-	// Every IEM feature has properties, so this sizes the list exactly.
-	payload.reports.reserve(features.size());
+	// Count first so a body padded with values that aren't features can't make
+	// the list reserve room for reports it never gets.
+	payload.reports.reserve(static_cast<std::size_t>(std::ranges::count_if(
+		features, [](const Json& feat) { return detail::lookup(feat, "properties") != nullptr; })));
 	for (const Json& feat : features) {
 		const Json* props = detail::lookup(feat, "properties");
 		if (props == nullptr) {
diff --git a/tests/test_arcgis.cpp b/tests/test_arcgis.cpp
index cce57e7..f9d7479 100644
--- a/tests/test_arcgis.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_arcgis.cpp
@@ -467,6 +467,18 @@ TEST(Models, WatchNumbersThatAreNotFiniteIntegersBecomeZero) {
 	}
 }
 
+TEST(Models, StormReportsReserveOnlyForReports) {
+	// Values that aren't features become no reports, so they reserve nothing.
+	std::string body = R"({"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[)";
+	for (int i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) {
+		body += i == 0 ? "0" : ",0";
+	}
+	body += "]}";
+	const StormReportPayload p = parse_storm_reports(body);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(p.reports.empty());
+	EXPECT_EQ(p.reports.capacity(), std::vector<StormReport>{}.capacity());
+}
+
 TEST(Models, StormReportsParseIemLsr) {
 	const StormReportPayload p = parse_storm_reports(read_fixture("iem_storm_reports.json"));
 	ASSERT_GT(p.reports.size(), 0u);