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ZIP code 05444, Lamoille County, Vermont

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 05444, in Lamoille County, Vermont, has 37 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 34 of them paid for a total of $1.1M.

That is 21.3% of the 174 claims recorded across Lamoille County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $33K, close to the county average of $40K and the Vermont average of $40K.

FEMA counts 5 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 125 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.1% of residential structures.

37NFIP claims since 1978
34paid claims
$1.1Mtotal paid
$33Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 05444LamoilleVermontUS
Claims since 1978371743,7252,680,429
Share of claims paid92%82%79%78%
Average paid claim$33K$40K$40K$43K
Share of county claims21.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties517256—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 05444 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s6$18,207
1990s5$106,976
2000s2$10,529
2010s10$115,772
2020s14$869,845
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$2,268$2,268
20231313$867,577$66,737
201944$76,463$19,116
201511$3,345$3,345
201411$12,219$12,219
201321$12,907$12,907
201121$10,838$10,838
200222$10,529$5,265
199821$52,500$52,500
199533$54,476$18,159
198611$12,078$12,078
198411$896$896
198244$5,233$1,308

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: Lamoille County

Lamoille County has 619 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (16 in the last 12 months), 38 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Very Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 60; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 31 · Tornado: 3 · Flood: 60 · Wind: 156 · Winter: 326 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 05444?

37 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 34 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 05444?

$1.1M across 34 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $33K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 05444?

2023, with 13 claims and $868K paid.

What county is ZIP 05444 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Lamoille County, Vermont; 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.