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Sacramento County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 6th highest paid in California
Claims
3,863
Total paid
$38.7M
Average / claim
$10K
Building / contents
$33.2M / $5.5M
Paid by decade
1970s$29K · 13 claims
1980s$4.9M · 437 claims
1990s$21.1M · 2,481 claims
2000s$5.9M · 429 claims
2010s$3.2M · 279 claims
2020s$3.6M · 224 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1995 | $11.5M | 1,340 claims |
| 1997 | $7.9M | 601 claims |
| 1986 | $4.4M | 257 claims |
| 2017 | $2.6M | 148 claims |
| 2006 | $2.5M | 54 claims |
Full disaster history for Sacramento County →
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Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.