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ZIP code 17580, Lancaster 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 17580, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has 16 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 14 of them paid for a total of $216K.

That is 0.8% of the 2,106 claims recorded across Lancaster County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $15K, close to the county average of $19K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 2 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 678 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.4% of residential structures.

16NFIP claims since 1978
14paid claims
$216Ktotal paid
$15Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 17580LancasterPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 1978162,10677,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid88%83%82%78%
Average paid claim$15K$19K$23K$43K
Share of county claims0.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties21818,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 17580 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s5$3,787
1980s1$0
1990s1$5,797
2000s8$148,768
2010s1$57,500
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201111$57,500$57,500
200544$109,034$27,259
200422$19,733$9,866
200321$20,001$20,001
199911$5,797$5,797
198910$0—
197933$1,622$541
197822$2,165$1,083

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: Lancaster County

Lancaster County has 1,177 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (89 in the last 12 months), 22 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 166; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 192 · Tornado: 39 · Flood: 166 · Wind: 650 · Winter: 81 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 17580?

16 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 14 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 17580?

$216K across 14 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $15K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 17580?

2005, with 4 claims and $109K paid.

What county is ZIP 17580 in?

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