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ZIP code 18930, Bucks 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 18930, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has 74 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 70 of them paid for a total of $3.3M.

That is 1.4% of the 5,260 claims recorded across Bucks County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $48K, higher than the county average of $34K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 15 repetitive-loss properties and 6 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 2,658 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.3% of residential structures.

74NFIP claims since 1978
70paid claims
$3.3Mtotal paid
$48Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 18930BucksPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 1978745,26077,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid95%85%82%78%
Average paid claim$48K$34K$23K$43K
Share of county claims1.4%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties157888,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 18930 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$231
1980s0$0
1990s7$67,007
2000s49$2,677,614
2010s11$255,459
2020s6$330,634
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202143$268,076$89,359
202021$62,558$62,558
201198$249,515$31,189
201022$5,944$2,972
200922$22,293$11,147
20061717$793,867$46,698
20051616$1,008,894$63,056
20041413$852,560$65,582
199922$29,993$14,996
199655$37,014$7,403
197811$231$231

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: Bucks County

Bucks County has 1,417 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (35 in the last 12 months), 27 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 202; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 103 · Tornado: 29 · Flood: 202 · Wind: 616 · Winter: 167 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 18930?

74 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 70 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 18930?

$3.3M across 70 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $48K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 18930?

2006, with 17 claims and $794K paid.

What county is ZIP 18930 in?

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