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ZIP code 19380, 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 19380, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, has 223 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 180 of them paid for a total of $2.0M.

That is 11.7% of the 1,914 claims recorded across Chester County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $11K, lower than the county average of $24K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 22 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 1,015 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.6% of residential structures.

223NFIP claims since 1978
180paid claims
$2.0Mtotal paid
$11Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 19380ChesterPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19782231,91477,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid81%80%82%78%
Average paid claim$11K$24K$23K$43K
Share of county claims11.7%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties222158,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 19380 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s70$258,459
1980s27$107,682
1990s40$668,944
2000s51$275,741
2010s25$404,653
2020s10$248,176
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202321$25,019$25,019
202211$13,175$13,175
202144$109,509$27,377
202032$100,473$50,237
201986$43,377$7,229
201811$10,708$10,708
201620$0—
201532$23,290$11,645
201311$15,158$15,158
201211$449$449
201164$287,097$71,774
201033$24,574$8,191
200921$7,278$7,278
200711$3,088$3,088
200632$9,661$4,830
20041911$142,572$12,961
20032419$113,142$5,955
200210$0—
200010$0—
19992219$554,299$29,174
199810$0—
199720$0—
1996106$63,014$10,502
199443$50,683$16,894
199311$949$949
198411$1,724$1,724
19832422$96,342$4,379
198222$9,616$4,808
19795148$194,203$4,046
19781918$64,256$3,570

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 19380?

223 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 180 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 19380?

$2.0M across 180 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $11K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 19380?

1979, with 51 claims and $194K paid.

What county is ZIP 19380 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 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.