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Flood history · Pine Grove, PA 17963

Flood insurance claims in Pine Grove, PA 17963

298 claims since 1979 and $13.8 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

298flood insurance claims since 1979
$13.8 millionpaid to policyholders
$52,284average paid claim
28claims in the last 10 years
19%of claims outside high-risk zones
#48of 1,532 Pennsylvania ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 17963 since 1978.

1979: 7 claims1982: 10 claims1984: 1 claims1986: 1 claims1993: 7 claims1994: 1 claims1996: 10 claims2004: 40 claims2006: 58 claims2007: 1 claims2008: 3 claims2010: 7 claims2011: 124 claims2018: 27 claims2021: 1 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

81% of claims were on properties in high-risk zones and 19% outside them.

Losses are spread across many events; the largest, Tropical Storm Lee, accounts for 37% of claims.

28 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is rivers, streams or lakes overflowing.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Tropical Storm Lee201111037%
Tropical Storm Ivan20043913%
Unnamed flooding1996124%
Not a named storm197962%
Hurricane Ida202110%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)78% · 233
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)18% · 54
Zone not recorded4% · 11

NFIP communities

Pine Grove, Borough OfParticipates in the NFIP
Pine Grove, Township OfParticipates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Schuylkill County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Remnants Of Hurricane IdaHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-09-10
Severe Storms And FloodingSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2018-11-27
Hurricane SandyHurricane · Emergency · 2012-10-29
Tropical Storm LeeFlood · Major disaster · 2011-09-12
Remnants Of Tropical Storm LeeFlood · Emergency · 2011-09-08
Severe Storms And FloodingSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2007-02-23

11 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Schuylkill County since 2000.

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.

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