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ZIP code 01027, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

OpenFEMA lists 31 NFIP claims for ZIP 01027 (Hampshire County, Massachusetts), with $574K paid on 28 claims since 1978.

That is 14.4% of the 215 claims recorded across Hampshire County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, higher than the county average of $12K and the Massachusetts average of $16K.

FEMA counts 6 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 339 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.8% of residential structures.

31NFIP claims since 1978
28paid claims
$574Ktotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 01027HampshireMassachusettsUS
Claims since 19783121535,3752,680,429
Share of claims paid90%77%78%78%
Average paid claim$20K$12K$16K$43K
Share of county claims14.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties6253,398—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 01027 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s12$128,294
1990s2$3,073
2000s8$164,539
2010s7$192,051
2020s2$85,951
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202322$85,951$42,975
201176$192,051$32,009
200721$1,722$1,722
200566$162,817$27,136
199611$1,611$1,611
199011$1,462$1,462
198799$100,606$11,178
198422$27,688$13,844
198310$0—

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Hampshire County

Hampshire County has 645 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (24 in the last 12 months), 23 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 59; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 1.

Hail: 139 · Tornado: 9 · Flood: 59 · Wind: 388 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 01027?

31 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 28 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 01027?

$574K across 28 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 01027?

1987, with 9 claims and $101K paid.

What county is ZIP 01027 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Hampshire County, Massachusetts; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.