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ZIP code 15001, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

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 15001, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has 73 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 58 of them paid for a total of $1.2M.

That is 8.8% of the 832 claims recorded across Beaver County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $21K, close to the county average of $20K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 13 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 205 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.3% of residential structures.

73NFIP claims since 1978
58paid claims
$1.2Mtotal paid
$21Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 15001BeaverPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19787383277,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid79%82%82%78%
Average paid claim$21K$20K$23K$43K
Share of county claims8.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties13948,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 15001 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$0
1980s4$100
1990s9$17,523
2000s32$749,366
2010s21$394,472
2020s5$51,671
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202622$27,702$13,851
202411$6,586$6,586
202222$17,383$8,692
201821$54,745$54,745
201721$1,186$1,186
201622$76,234$38,117
201511$30,829$30,829
201411$4,030$4,030
201322$33,882$16,941
20111110$193,567$19,357
20071816$434,021$27,126
20041212$315,345$26,279
200310$0—
200110$0—
199822$3,560$1,780
199710$0—
199654$13,963$3,491
199010$0—
198510$0—
198311$100$100
198020$0—
197910$0—
197810$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: Beaver County

Beaver County has 978 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (23 in the last 12 months), 15 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 158; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 153 · Tornado: 25 · Flood: 158 · Wind: 536 · Winter: 80 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 15001?

73 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 58 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 15001?

$1.2M across 58 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $21K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 15001?

2007, with 18 claims and $434K paid.

What county is ZIP 15001 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Beaver County, Pennsylvania; 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.