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San Luis Obispo County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782026 · 21th highest paid in California

Claims
613
Total paid
$8.6M
Average / claim
$14K
Building / contents
$7.6M / $1.0M

Paid by decade

1970s$37K · 18 claims
1980s$217K · 55 claims
1990s$2.4M · 281 claims
2000s$1.4M · 87 claims
2010s$621K · 62 claims
2020s$3.9M · 110 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2023$3.9M103 claims
1995$1.6M159 claims
2001$739K49 claims
1998$523K69 claims
2006$444K18 claims

Full disaster history for San Luis Obispo 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.