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Flood history in California

California has 441 county-level flood declarations across 58 counties. Riverside County leads with 13 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for flood events in this state: $1.5B.

This page shows every California county in California that has at least one FEMA flood 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 flood events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

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

Flood in California

Counties ranked by flood declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Riverside County13$7.8M
2San Bernardino County13$43.2M
3Santa Barbara County13$38.6M
4Humboldt County12$10.6M
5San Diego County12$50.8M
6Mendocino County11$6.3M
7Orange County11$16.0M
8Los Angeles County10$25.6M
9San Joaquin County10$18.8M
10San Luis Obispo County10$32.5M
11Ventura County10$21.8M
12Marin County9$4.8M
13Sacramento County9$771.7M
14Sonoma County9$7.6M
15Tehama County9$2.6M
16Trinity County9$5.5M
17Contra Costa County8$38.6M
18Del Norte County8$87K
19El Dorado County8$12.2M
20Glenn County8$2.5M
21Monterey County8$22.1M
22Napa County8$4.4M
23Santa Cruz County8$87.2M
24Solano County8$2.0M
25Tulare County8$2.2M
26Alameda County7$41.2M
27Inyo County7$911K
28Kern County7$8.1M
29Kings County7$85K
30Modoc County7$97K
31Mono County7$327K
32Plumas County7$998K
33San Mateo County7$28.1M
34Shasta County7$5.1M
35Tuolumne County7$7.3M
36Yuba County7$9.2M
37Alpine County6$864K
38Amador County6$4.2M
39Butte County6$5.7M
40Colusa County6$2.2M
41Fresno County6$3.9M
42Lake County6$4.0M
43Madera County6$1.2M
44Placer County6$2.8M
45San Benito County6$2.3M
46Santa Clara County6$19.3M
47Sierra County6$2.2M
48Siskiyou County6$173K
49Stanislaus County6$12.2M
50Sutter County6$5.6M
51Yolo County6$21.0M
52Calaveras County5$4.0M
53Lassen County5$1.2M
54Mariposa County5$2.1M
55Merced County5$13.9M
56Nevada County5$1.9M
57Imperial County4$0
58San Francisco County3$7.7M