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ZIP code 18854, Bradford 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.

OpenFEMA lists 25 NFIP claims for ZIP 18854 (Bradford County, Pennsylvania), with $479K paid on 24 claims since 1978.

That is 2.8% of the 898 claims recorded across Bradford County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $20K, lower than the county average of $32K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 3 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 458 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.6% of residential structures.

25NFIP claims since 1978
24paid claims
$479Ktotal paid
$20Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 18854BradfordPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19782589877,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid96%86%82%78%
Average paid claim$20K$32K$23K$43K
Share of county claims2.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties3988,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 18854 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$0
1980s0$0
1990s5$54,359
2000s6$118,304
2010s13$306,817
2020s0$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
201833$106,002$35,334
201199$200,049$22,228
201011$766$766
200611$8,629$8,629
200522$15,735$7,867
200433$93,940$31,313
199644$52,974$13,243
199311$1,385$1,385
197910$0—

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: Bradford County

Bradford County has 756 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (12 in the last 12 months), 21 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 199; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 83 · Tornado: 21 · Flood: 199 · Wind: 342 · Winter: 82 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 18854?

25 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 24 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 18854?

$479K across 24 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $20K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 18854?

2011, with 9 claims and $200K paid.

What county is ZIP 18854 in?

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