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ZIP code 19403, 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 19403, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has 812 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 704 of them paid for a total of $21M.

That is 13.1% of the 6,200 claims recorded across Montgomery County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $29K, close to the county average of $36K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 85 repetitive-loss properties and 47 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.

812NFIP claims since 1978
704paid claims
$21Mtotal paid
$29Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 19403MontgomeryPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19788126,20077,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid87%82%82%78%
Average paid claim$29K$36K$23K$43K
Share of county claims13.1%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties857408,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 19403 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s104$843,781
1980s121$992,752
1990s204$4,736,402
2000s102$1,608,114
2010s146$2,506,041
2020s135$9,973,671
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
2024106$135,839$22,640
202342$36,794$18,397
20218177$8,568,579$111,280
20203935$1,232,459$35,213
201975$80,669$16,134
201885$355,373$71,075
201710$0—
20145146$1,173,305$25,507
201211$3,189$3,189
20115034$517,466$15,220
20102824$376,040$15,668
200732$52,135$26,068
20063231$736,418$23,755
20052926$500,339$19,244
20041512$129,735$10,811
20031917$176,427$10,378
200110$0—
200033$13,061$4,354
19996459$2,648,218$44,885
19968973$1,504,308$20,607
199554$27,444$6,861
199410$0—
19934037$548,182$14,816
199231$8,250$8,250
199110$0—
199010$0—
198521$22,650$22,650
19845447$614,105$13,066
19834238$220,308$5,798
19822319$135,689$7,142
19796563$681,203$10,813
19783936$162,578$4,516

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 19403?

812 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 704 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 19403?

$21M across 704 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $29K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 19403?

1996, with 89 claims and $1.5M paid.

What county is ZIP 19403 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 30 Sep 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.