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ZIP code 19320, Chester 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 19320, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, has 87 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 69 of them paid for a total of $1.6M.

That is 4.5% of the 1,914 claims recorded across Chester County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $23K, close to the county average of $24K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 9 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 1,015 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

87NFIP claims since 1978
69paid claims
$1.6Mtotal paid
$23Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 19320ChesterPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 1978871,91477,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid79%80%82%78%
Average paid claim$23K$24K$23K$43K
Share of county claims4.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties92158,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 19320 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s16$37,592
1980s8$23,540
1990s7$12,401
2000s18$94,449
2010s14$371,337
2020s24$1,044,568
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202511$15,390$15,390
202411$18,095$18,095
20212218$1,011,083$56,171
201832$137,892$68,946
201611$4,063$4,063
201422$130,964$65,482
201155$91,136$18,227
201032$7,283$3,641
200642$35,468$17,734
200510$0—
2003117$57,897$8,271
200022$1,084$542
199932$6,641$3,320
199622$4,858$2,429
199511$903$903
199110$0—
198465$19,503$3,901
198311$634$634
198011$3,404$3,404
19791311$33,304$3,028
197833$4,289$1,430

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: Chester County

Chester County has 1,752 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (62 in the last 12 months), 26 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 316; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 102 · Tornado: 29 · Flood: 316 · Wind: 891 · Winter: 146 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 19320?

87 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 69 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 19320?

$1.6M across 69 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $23K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 19320?

2021, with 22 claims and $1.0M paid.

What county is ZIP 19320 in?

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