County Hazards

States › Pennsylvania › Perry County › ZIP 17053

ZIP code 17053, Perry 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.

OpenFEMA lists 150 NFIP claims for ZIP 17053 (Perry County, Pennsylvania), with $1.9M paid on 128 claims since 1978.

That is 20% of the 749 claims recorded across Perry County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $14K, close to the county average of $13K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 17 repetitive-loss properties and 3 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 180 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.9% of residential structures.

150NFIP claims since 1978
128paid claims
$1.9Mtotal paid
$14Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 17053PerryPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 197815074977,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid85%79%82%78%
Average paid claim$14K$13K$23K$43K
Share of county claims20.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties171058,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 17053 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s17$10,757
1980s36$53,684
1990s40$537,529
2000s25$390,696
2010s29$840,021
2020s3$21,775
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202211$5,579$5,579
202111$6,009$6,009
202011$10,188$10,188
201811$17,415$17,415
201611$21,097$21,097
201210$0—
20112422$799,501$36,341
201021$2,009$2,009
200811$8,609$8,609
200644$35,394$8,849
200511$5,838$5,838
20041918$340,854$18,936
199811$894$894
19962824$498,647$20,777
199444$15,940$3,985
199365$22,048$4,410
199010$0—
198910$0—
198711$812$812
198633$3,573$1,191
198497$20,564$2,938
198332$1,225$613
19821512$23,650$1,971
198143$3,860$1,287
19791614$10,757$768
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: Perry County

Perry County has 407 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (14 in the last 12 months), 20 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 41; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 1.

Hail: 34 · Tornado: 6 · Flood: 41 · Wind: 242 · Winter: 64 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 17053?

150 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 128 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 17053?

$1.9M across 128 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $14K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 17053?

1996, with 28 claims and $499K paid.

What county is ZIP 17053 in?

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