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ZIP code 20165, Loudoun County, Virginia

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 47 NFIP claims for ZIP 20165 (Loudoun County, Virginia), with $847K paid on 36 claims since 1978.

That is 28% of the 168 claims recorded across Loudoun County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $24K, close to the county average of $21K and the Virginia average of $19K.

FEMA counts 11 repetitive-loss properties and 3 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 544 residential flood policies in force, covering 1% of residential structures.

47NFIP claims since 1978
36paid claims
$847Ktotal paid
$24Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 20165LoudounVirginiaUS
Claims since 19784716850,6092,680,429
Share of claims paid77%58%79%78%
Average paid claim$24K$21K$19K$43K
Share of county claims28.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties11136,388—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 20165 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s1$4,065
1990s27$773,437
2000s7$41,908
2010s11$27,682
2020s1$0
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202010$0—
201911$4,171$4,171
201811$5,103$5,103
201310$0—
201220$0—
201152$2,109$1,054
201011$16,298$16,298
200910$0—
200810$0—
200511$3,717$3,717
200321$3,950$3,950
200122$34,241$17,121
199810$0—
19962424$761,796$31,742
199322$11,641$5,821
198511$4,065$4,065

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: Loudoun County

Loudoun County has 1,412 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (21 in the last 12 months), 16 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 196; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 2.

Hail: 170 · Tornado: 28 · Flood: 196 · Wind: 727 · Winter: 131 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 20165?

47 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 36 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 20165?

$847K across 36 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $24K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 20165?

1996, with 24 claims and $762K paid.

What county is ZIP 20165 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Loudoun County, Virginia; 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.