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San Diego County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 4th highest paid in California
Claims
2,442
Total paid
$48.0M
Average / claim
$20K
Building / contents
$41.6M / $6.4M
Paid by decade
1970s$106K · 84 claims
1980s$3.5M · 674 claims
1990s$5.0M · 558 claims
2000s$2.9M · 238 claims
2010s$12.2M · 524 claims
2020s$24.4M · 364 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2024 | $19.9M | 213 claims |
| 2010 | $3.0M | 150 claims |
| 2016 | $2.9M | 98 claims |
| 2018 | $2.4M | 53 claims |
| 2026 | $2.4M | 24 claims |
Full disaster history for San Diego 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.