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Biological history in California

California has 116 county-level biological declarations across 58 counties. Alameda County leads with 2 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for biological events in this state: $15.6B.

This page shows every California county in California that has at least one FEMA biological declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to biological events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of biological declarations across all states, see the biological disaster type page. For all hazard types in California, see the California state page.

Biological in California

Counties ranked by biological declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Alameda County2$786.3M
2Alpine County2$0
3Amador County2$204K
4Butte County2$7.3M
5Calaveras County2$2.0M
6Colusa County2$85K
7Contra Costa County2$94.3M
8Del Norte County2$73K
9El Dorado County2$1.9M
10Fresno County2$542.1M
11Glenn County2$94K
12Humboldt County2$7.0M
13Imperial County2$19.7M
14Inyo County2$91K
15Kern County2$144.9M
16Kings County2$41.2M
17Lake County2$3.5M
18Lassen County2$132K
19Los Angeles County2$2.1B
20Madera County2$9.7M
21Marin County2$37.6M
22Mariposa County2$15K
23Mendocino County2$38.3M
24Merced County2$4.3M
25Modoc County2$94K
26Mono County2$1.8M
27Monterey County2$31.0M
28Napa County2$9.9M
29Nevada County2$3.6M
30Orange County2$296.5M
31Placer County2$3.2M
32Plumas County2$9K
33Riverside County2$114.4M
34Sacramento County2$7.4B
35San Benito County2$3.7M
36San Bernardino County2$223.9M
37San Diego County2$550.5M
38San Francisco County2$917.4M
39San Joaquin County2$67.3M
40San Luis Obispo County2$13.5M
41San Mateo County2$141.9M
42Santa Barbara County2$19.2M
43Santa Clara County2$478.6M
44Santa Cruz County2$60.7M
45Shasta County2$5.1M
46Sierra County2$0
47Siskiyou County2$124K
48Solano County2$14.7M
49Sonoma County2$48.2M
50Stanislaus County2$15.1M
51Sutter County2$606K
52Tehama County2$238K
53Trinity County2$0
54Tulare County2$67.1M
55Tuolumne County2$9.8M
56Ventura County2$220.0M
57Yolo County2$1.1B
58Yuba County2$32.3M