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ZIP code 16323, Venango 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 16323, in Venango County, Pennsylvania, has 96 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 75 of them paid for a total of $454K.

That is 22.4% of the 429 claims recorded across Venango County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $6K, lower than the county average of $17K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 8 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 92 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

96NFIP claims since 1978
75paid claims
$454Ktotal paid
$6Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 16323VenangoPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19789642977,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid78%82%82%78%
Average paid claim$6K$17K$23K$43K
Share of county claims22.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties8168,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 16323 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$3,369
1980s31$114,816
1990s26$81,313
2000s27$197,888
2010s6$34,926
2020s4$21,230
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202222$17,557$8,778
202110$0—
202011$3,673$3,673
201911$22,149$22,149
201810$0—
201421$11,927$11,927
201121$850$850
200675$117,652$23,530
200432$19,377$9,689
20031411$34,632$3,148
200133$26,227$8,742
19961714$69,503$4,964
199510$0—
199410$0—
199075$11,810$2,362
198611$5,450$5,450
198310$0—
198210$0—
19812323$102,183$4,443
198053$7,183$2,394
197822$3,369$1,684

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: Venango County

Venango County has 805 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (41 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: 101; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 94 · Tornado: 15 · Flood: 101 · Wind: 426 · Winter: 144 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 16323?

96 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 75 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 16323?

$454K across 75 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $6K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 16323?

1981, with 23 claims and $102K paid.

What county is ZIP 16323 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Venango 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.