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ZIP code 24277, Lee 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 22 NFIP claims for ZIP 24277 (Lee County, Virginia), with $592K paid on 19 claims since 1978.

That is 44% of the 50 claims recorded across Lee County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $31K, higher than the county average of $20K and the Virginia average of $19K.

FEMA counts 2 repetitive-loss properties and 0 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 32 residential flood policies in force, covering 0.3% of residential structures.

22NFIP claims since 1978
19paid claims
$592Ktotal paid
$31Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 24277LeeVirginiaUS
Claims since 1978225050,6092,680,429
Share of claims paid86%74%79%78%
Average paid claim$31K$20K$19K$43K
Share of county claims44.0%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties236,388—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 24277 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s1$1,000
1980s1$457
1990s1$0
2000s18$581,956
2010s0$0
2020s1$8,314
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202111$8,314$8,314
200411$1,983$1,983
200343$44,889$14,963
20021312$535,084$44,590
199810$0—
198411$457$457
197811$1,000$1,000

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: Lee County

Lee County has 356 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (9 in the last 12 months), 20 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 25; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 62 · Tornado: 8 · Flood: 25 · Wind: 166 · Winter: 95 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 24277?

22 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 19 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 24277?

$592K across 19 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $31K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 24277?

2002, with 13 claims and $535K paid.

What county is ZIP 24277 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Lee 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 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.