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ZIP code 15106, Allegheny 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 15106, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has 117 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 98 of them paid for a total of $4.3M.

That is 2.4% of the 4,832 claims recorded across Allegheny County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $44K, higher than the county average of $21K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 13 repetitive-loss properties and 0 severe repetitive-loss properties in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 1,851 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

117NFIP claims since 1978
98paid claims
$4.3Mtotal paid
$44Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 15106AlleghenyPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19781174,83277,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid84%79%82%78%
Average paid claim$44K$21K$23K$43K
Share of county claims2.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties134798,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 15106 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s6$6,951
1990s4$26,925
2000s60$3,980,085
2010s35$271,573
2020s12$51,360
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202410$0—
2021109$51,360$5,707
201922$6,800$3,400
201875$105,934$21,187
201443$20,425$6,808
201354$46,992$11,748
20101713$91,421$7,032
200722$14,962$7,481
20045752$3,965,123$76,252
200010$0—
199933$21,925$7,308
199811$5,000$5,000
198710$0—
198610$0—
198111$642$642
198033$6,309$2,103

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: Allegheny County

Allegheny County has 2,594 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (54 in the last 12 months), 18 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 626; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 445 · Tornado: 27 · Flood: 626 · Wind: 1,314 · Winter: 120 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 15106?

117 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 98 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 15106?

$4.3M across 98 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $44K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 15106?

2004, with 57 claims and $4.0M paid.

What county is ZIP 15106 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Allegheny 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.