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ZIP code 03840, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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.

ZIP code 03840, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, has 17 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 15 of them paid for a total of $298K.

That is 0.8% of the 2,165 claims recorded across Rockingham County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, close to the county average of $19K and the New Hampshire average of $20K.

FEMA counts 2 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 2,047 residential flood policies in force, covering 2.2% of residential structures.

17NFIP claims since 1978
15paid claims
$298Ktotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 03840RockinghamNew HampshireUS
Claims since 1978172,1654,4232,680,429
Share of claims paid88%75%75%78%
Average paid claim$20K$19K$20K$43K
Share of county claims0.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties2185393—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 03840 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$3,716
1980s0$0
1990s3$4,537
2000s7$210,618
2010s5$71,235
2020s1$8,272
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202211$8,272$8,272
201911$9,757$9,757
201044$61,478$15,369
200822$21,442$10,721
200722$50,026$25,013
200632$139,149$69,574
199211$728$728
199121$3,808$3,808
197811$3,716$3,716

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: Rockingham County

Rockingham County has 544 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (13 in the last 12 months), 35 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 33; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 2.

Hail: 170 · Tornado: 10 · Flood: 33 · Wind: 264 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 03840?

17 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 15 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 03840?

$298K across 15 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 03840?

2010, with 4 claims and $61K paid.

What county is ZIP 03840 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Rockingham County, New Hampshire; 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 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.