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ZIP code 18507, Lackawanna 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 18507, in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, has 19 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 11 of them paid for a total of $53K.

That is 1.4% of the 1,369 claims recorded across Lackawanna County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $5K, lower than the county average of $18K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 2 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 878 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.2% of residential structures.

19NFIP claims since 1978
11paid claims
$53Ktotal paid
$5Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 18507LackawannaPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 1978191,36977,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid58%83%82%78%
Average paid claim$5K$18K$23K$43K
Share of county claims1.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties21428,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 18507 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s7$4,414
1990s5$8,110
2000s7$40,611
2010s0$0
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
200611$6,265$6,265
200511$19,569$19,569
200454$14,777$3,694
199931$4,630$4,630
199621$3,480$3,480
198531$267$267
198321$3,572$3,572
198121$575$575

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: Lackawanna County

Lackawanna County has 582 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (22 in the last 12 months), 22 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 99; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 1.

Hail: 74 · Tornado: 12 · Flood: 99 · Wind: 271 · Winter: 87 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 18507?

19 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 11 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 18507?

$53K across 11 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $5K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 18507?

2004, with 5 claims and $15K paid.

What county is ZIP 18507 in?

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