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ZIP code 17074, 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.

ZIP code 17074, in Perry County, Pennsylvania, has 101 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 70 of them paid for a total of $579K.

That is 13.5% of the 749 claims recorded across Perry County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $8K, lower than the county average of $13K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 12 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 180 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.9% of residential structures.

101NFIP claims since 1978
70paid claims
$579Ktotal paid
$8Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 17074PerryPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 197810174977,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid69%79%82%78%
Average paid claim$8K$13K$23K$43K
Share of county claims13.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties121058,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 17074 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s6$3,604
1980s21$15,700
1990s40$215,582
2000s23$221,155
2010s9$99,281
2020s2$23,417
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$23,417$23,417
202010$0—
201911$2,485$2,485
201421$21,625$21,625
201166$75,171$12,528
200510$0—
20042118$221,155$12,286
200310$0—
199711$8,371$8,371
19963827$207,212$7,675
199510$0—
198922$2,257$1,129
1984177$11,519$1,646
198310$0—
198111$1,923$1,923
197954$2,687$672
197811$917$917

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 17074?

101 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 70 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 17074?

$579K across 70 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $8K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 17074?

1996, with 38 claims and $207K paid.

What county is ZIP 17074 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.