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ZIP code 26241, Randolph County, West 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.

ZIP code 26241, in Randolph County, West Virginia, has 436 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 368 of them paid for a total of $4.0M.

That is 81.3% of the 536 claims recorded across Randolph County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $11K, close to the county average of $11K and the West Virginia average of $16K.

FEMA counts 54 repetitive-loss properties and 12 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 124 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.1% of residential structures.

436NFIP claims since 1978
368paid claims
$4.0Mtotal paid
$11Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 26241RandolphWest VirginiaUS
Claims since 197843653627,9982,680,429
Share of claims paid84%83%84%78%
Average paid claim$11K$11K$16K$43K
Share of county claims81.3%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties54673,068—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 26241 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s12$50,021
1980s42$493,590
1990s307$2,979,788
2000s35$104,619
2010s28$153,006
2020s12$206,045
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202522$91,955$45,978
202487$114,090$16,299
202020$0—
201933$14,979$4,993
201822$71,409$35,704
201711$818$818
201622$8,313$4,157
201552$7,413$3,706
201422$8,319$4,159
201311$5,177$5,177
201211$4,327$4,327
201144$13,217$3,304
201076$19,036$3,173
200922$10,527$5,264
200822$8,112$4,056
200722$13,108$6,554
200611$10,069$10,069
200421$4,870$4,870
200331$4,532$4,532
200243$7,617$2,539
200122$5,612$2,806
20001713$40,170$3,090
199833$6,351$2,117
199732$2,567$1,284
1996218179$2,243,150$12,532
199510$0—
19947269$709,156$10,278
199221$1,874$1,874
199087$16,690$2,384
198921$5,001$5,001
19853529$471,065$16,244
198422$12,391$6,196
198233$5,133$1,711
19781212$50,021$4,168

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: Randolph County

Randolph County has 521 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (19 in the last 12 months), 22 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Low". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 93; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 57 · Tornado: 4 · Flood: 93 · Wind: 146 · Winter: 134 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 26241?

436 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 368 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 26241?

$4.0M across 368 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $11K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 26241?

1996, with 218 claims and $2.2M paid.

What county is ZIP 26241 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Randolph County, West 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.