County Hazards

States › North Carolina › Cumberland County › ZIP 28314

ZIP code 28314, Cumberland County, North Carolina

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 89 NFIP claims for ZIP 28314 (Cumberland County, North Carolina), with $1.3M paid on 62 claims since 1978.

That is 10.8% of the 827 claims recorded across Cumberland County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $21K, lower than the county average of $41K and the North Carolina average of $28K.

FEMA counts 4 repetitive-loss properties and 2 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 1,440 residential flood policies in force, covering 1.2% of residential structures.

89NFIP claims since 1978
62paid claims
$1.3Mtotal paid
$21Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 28314CumberlandNorth CarolinaUS
Claims since 197889827109,5932,680,429
Share of claims paid70%74%76%78%
Average paid claim$21K$41K$28K$43K
Share of county claims10.8%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties46711,713—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 28314 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s0$0
1990s3$0
2000s9$79,399
2010s69$1,147,421
2020s8$99,096
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202611$8,746$8,746
202510$0—
202422$33,899$16,949
202311$39,467$39,467
202111$2,283$2,283
202022$14,700$7,350
20181813$190,429$14,648
201710$0—
20164333$952,811$28,873
201510$0—
201421$1,001$1,001
201331$3,180$3,180
201210$0—
200832$51,799$25,900
200611$12,506$12,506
200354$15,093$3,773
199920$0—
199610$0—

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: Cumberland County

Cumberland County has 679 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (17 in the last 12 months), 23 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively Moderate". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 84; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 4.

Hail: 146 · Tornado: 23 · Flood: 84 · Wind: 337 · Winter: 43 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 28314?

89 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 62 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 28314?

$1.3M across 62 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $21K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 28314?

2016, with 43 claims and $953K paid.

What county is ZIP 28314 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Cumberland County, North Carolina; 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.