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ZIP code 17830, Northumberland 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 17830, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, has 75 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 73 of them paid for a total of $1.2M.

That is 4.4% of the 1,721 claims recorded across Northumberland County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $16K, close to the county average of $16K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 11 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 365 residential flood policies in force, covering 1% of residential structures.

75NFIP claims since 1978
73paid claims
$1.2Mtotal paid
$16Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 17830NorthumberlandPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 1978751,72177,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid97%86%82%78%
Average paid claim$16K$16K$23K$43K
Share of county claims4.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties111828,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 17830 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s2$1,209
1980s1$2,337
1990s24$207,432
2000s24$258,227
2010s24$730,609
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
20112423$730,609$31,766
200811$3,645$3,645
200621$10,416$10,416
200511$148$148
20042020$244,018$12,201
19961818$204,322$11,351
199366$3,110$518
198111$2,337$2,337
197911$664$664
197811$545$545

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: Northumberland County

Northumberland County has 449 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (9 in the last 12 months), 19 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 47; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 38 · Tornado: 14 · Flood: 47 · Wind: 255 · Winter: 70 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 17830?

75 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 73 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 17830?

$1.2M across 73 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $16K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 17830?

2011, with 24 claims and $731K paid.

What county is ZIP 17830 in?

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