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Sonoma County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1978–2026 · 1st highest paid in California
Claims
7,402
Total paid
$131.8M
Average / claim
$18K
Building / contents
$107.7M / $24.0M
Paid by decade
1970s$675K · 187 claims
1980s$22.3M · 2,136 claims
1990s$51.9M · 3,228 claims
2000s$23.2M · 828 claims
2010s$31.9M · 915 claims
2020s$1.8M · 108 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 1995 | $36.0M | 1,731 claims |
| 2019 | $29.1M | 735 claims |
| 2005 | $17.3M | 524 claims |
| 1986 | $16.4M | 920 claims |
| 1997 | $9.2M | 714 claims |
Full disaster history for Sonoma 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.