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ZIP code 19027, 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 19027, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has 174 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 135 of them paid for a total of $1.7M.

That is 2.8% of the 6,200 claims recorded across Montgomery County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $12K, lower than the county average of $36K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 23 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 2,284 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.9% of residential structures.

174NFIP claims since 1978
135paid claims
$1.7Mtotal paid
$12Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 19027MontgomeryPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19781746,20077,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid78%82%82%78%
Average paid claim$12K$36K$23K$43K
Share of county claims2.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties237408,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 19027 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s4$3,846
1980s18$45,150
1990s6$9,085
2000s58$566,470
2010s75$981,045
2020s13$67,118
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202411$4,950$4,950
202310$0—
202121$127$127
202096$62,041$10,340
201910$0—
201710$0—
201520$0—
20115345$810,990$18,022
20101815$170,055$11,337
200977$48,541$6,934
2007118$61,726$7,716
200631$23,270$23,270
200522$24,505$12,253
20041513$197,744$15,211
200310$0—
20011916$210,683$13,168
199922$3,075$1,537
199622$4,499$2,249
199411$1,512$1,512
199310$0—
1989107$35,648$5,093
198610$0—
198520$0—
198411$2,562$2,562
198311$528$528
198232$6,412$3,206
197933$3,835$1,278
197811$11$11

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 19027?

174 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 135 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 19027?

$1.7M across 135 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $12K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 19027?

2011, with 53 claims and $811K paid.

What county is ZIP 19027 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.