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Flood history · Guerneville, CA 95446

Flood insurance claims in Guerneville, CA 95446

3,952 claims since 1978 and $69.4 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

3,952flood insurance claims since 1978
$69.4 millionpaid to policyholders
$20,527average paid claim
569claims in the last 10 years
6%of claims outside high-risk zones
#1of 1,431 California ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 95446 since 1978.

1978: 106 claims1979: 6 claims1980: 106 claims1981: 198 claims1982: 66 claims1983: 311 claims1984: 1 claims1985: 8 claims1986: 458 claims1987: 4 claims1989: 2 claims1990: 1 claims1991: 17 claims1992: 4 claims1993: 67 claims1994: 2 claims1995: 903 claims1996: 130 claims1997: 398 claims1998: 154 claims1999: 5 claims2000: 3 claims2001: 10 claims2002: 22 claims2003: 4 claims2004: 28 claims2005: 248 claims2006: 96 claims2007: 1 claims2008: 2 claims2010: 2 claims2011: 3 claims2012: 5 claims2014: 12 claims2017: 78 claims2018: 1 claims2019: 420 claims2021: 1 claims2023: 28 claims2024: 25 claims2025: 15 claims2026: 1 claims19801990200020102020

What the record says

Almost all claims here (94%) were on properties in high-risk zones (A or V). In those zones, federally regulated lenders require flood insurance.

One event dominates the record: Unnamed flooding accounts for 59% of all claims in this ZIP code.

569 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is rivers, streams or lakes overflowing.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Unnamed flooding19952,31759%
Pineapple Express - Southern19981454%
California Atmospheric River2023271%
San Diego Flooding2024110%
Winter storm201010%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)90% · 3,551
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)6% · 221
Undetermined (D)0% · 5
Zone not recorded4% · 175

NFIP communities

Sonoma County *Participates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Sonoma County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And MudslidesSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2023-04-03
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And MudslidesFlood · Emergency · 2023-03-10
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And MudslidesFlood · Major disaster · 2023-01-14
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And MudslidesFlood · Emergency · 2023-01-09
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And MudslidesSevere Storm · Major disaster · 2019-05-17
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And MudslidesFlood · Major disaster · 2017-04-01

10 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Sonoma County since 2000.

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.

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