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ZIP code 18084, Montgomery 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 18084, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has 27 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 25 of them paid for a total of $496K.

That is 0.4% of the 6,200 claims recorded across Montgomery County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, lower than the county average of $36K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 4 repetitive-loss properties and 2 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 2,284 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.9% of residential structures.

27NFIP claims since 1978
25paid claims
$496Ktotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 18084MontgomeryPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 1978276,20077,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid93%82%82%78%
Average paid claim$20K$36K$23K$43K
Share of county claims0.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties47408,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 18084 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s2$5,907
1990s4$13,384
2000s5$23,062
2010s9$90,907
2020s7$362,428
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202144$266,376$66,594
202033$96,052$32,017
201911$14,207$14,207
201132$31,247$15,623
201054$45,454$11,364
200444$22,632$5,658
200311$431$431
199922$3,111$1,555
199622$10,273$5,137
198911$360$360
198411$5,547$5,547

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: Montgomery County

Montgomery County has 1,603 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (49 in the last 12 months), 29 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 284; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 132 · Tornado: 19 · Flood: 284 · Wind: 743 · Winter: 153 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 18084?

27 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 25 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 18084?

$496K across 25 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 18084?

2010, with 5 claims and $45K paid.

What county is ZIP 18084 in?

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