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ZIP code 19428, 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.

OpenFEMA lists 237 NFIP claims for ZIP 19428 (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), with $17M paid on 192 claims since 1978.

That is 3.8% of the 6,200 claims recorded across Montgomery County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $89K, higher than the county average of $36K and the Pennsylvania average of $23K.

FEMA counts 31 repetitive-loss properties and 5 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.

237NFIP claims since 1978
192paid claims
$17Mtotal paid
$89Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 19428MontgomeryPennsylvaniaUS
Claims since 19782376,20077,0602,680,429
Share of claims paid81%82%82%78%
Average paid claim$89K$36K$23K$43K
Share of county claims3.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties317408,553—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 19428 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s19$99,549
1980s10$27,529
1990s37$3,954,522
2000s33$1,860,612
2010s56$1,140,092
2020s82$9,917,957
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202353$63,222$21,074
20216152$9,259,132$178,060
20201611$595,604$54,146
201910$0—
201844$57,143$14,286
201610$0—
20141614$570,922$40,780
201333$44,393$14,798
201244$11,043$2,761
20112016$323,158$20,197
201076$133,433$22,239
200922$26,953$13,477
200665$491,857$98,371
200533$596,128$198,709
20042017$675,967$39,763
200210$0—
200111$69,707$69,707
19992421$3,232,736$153,940
199675$571,806$114,361
199311$80,219$80,219
199211$3,100$3,100
199122$57,113$28,557
199021$9,548$9,548
198922$13,623$6,812
198810$0—
198610$0—
198522$2,768$1,384
198421$943$943
198022$10,195$5,098
19791812$97,248$8,104
197811$2,300$2,300

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 19428?

237 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 192 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 19428?

$17M across 192 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $89K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 19428?

2021, with 61 claims and $9.3M paid.

What county is ZIP 19428 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.