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San Benito County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19952023 · 32th highest paid in California

Claims
129
Total paid
$3.8M
Average / claim
$30K
Building / contents
$3.6M / $190K

Paid by decade

1990s$607K · 49 claims
2000s$40K · 2 claims
2010s$1.3M · 42 claims
2020s$1.9M · 36 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2023$1.9M36 claims
2017$1.3M39 claims
1998$492K36 claims
1995$86K10 claims
2005$40K1 claims

Full disaster history for San Benito County

Most-paid counties in California

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.