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Yuba County, California

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 06115 · 83,421 residents (2021) · 632 sq mi · dominant hazard Other

Hail · 1Tornado · 4Flood · 12Wind · 5Winter · 0

Yuba County within California. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

The NCEI record lists 38 events for Yuba County, California, between 1950 and 2026; other events account for the largest share.

That is 6.0 events per 100 square miles, below the California figure of 26.2, and 4.6 per 10,000 residents against 10.4 statewide.

1 event fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 3 deaths and 7 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $24M and crop damage at $2.5M.

FEMA has designated the county in 28 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides (emergency, 10 Mar 2023).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 320 claims since 1978, of which 227 were paid, totalling $8.3M (about $37K per paid claim). FEMA counts 1,271 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Low" ($46M a year across 18 hazards).

1events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

38events since 19503 deaths, 7 injuries recorded

28disaster declarationslast 10 Mar 2023

320NFIP flood claims$8.3M paid

Compared with California and the United States

Measure	Yuba County	California	US
Recorded events since 1950	38	40,849	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	6.0	26.2	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	4.6	10.4	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	1	1,233	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	3	1,170	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$24M	$30B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	3.8	1.4	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$37K	$21K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	1.7	5.0	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Wind: 1

Tornado: 1Flood: 1Wildfire: 2Other: 2

Flood: 1Wind: 2Lightning: 1Other: 2

Tornado: 3Flood: 2Wind: 1Other: 7

Hail: 1Flood: 8Wind: 1Other: 2

01950s01960s01970s11980s61990s62000s132010s122020s

Recorded events in Yuba County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWildfireLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 28 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 10 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Other13

Flood12

Wind5

Tornado4

Wildfire2

Hail1

Lightning1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Other	13	—	0.4%
■ Flood	12	3	0.2%	detail
■ Wind	5	—	0.0%
■ Tornado	4	—	0.8%
■ Wildfire	2	—	0.1%
■ Hail	1	—	0.1%
■ Lightning	1	—	0.3%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
2 Jan 1997	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	3	—	County
16 Oct 1999	Wildfire	Wildfire	—	$3.5M	—	—	6	County
27 Sep 1997	Wildfire	Wildfire	—	$15M	—	—	—	County
27 Nov 2009	Lightning	Lightning	—	$2K	—	—	1	County
1 Jan 2006	Flood	Flood	—	$4.9M	—	—	—	County
16 Sep 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	49 mph	—	$2.5M	—	—	County
22 Mar 2018	Flood	Flood	—	$1.0M	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
10 Mar 2023	EM-3592	Emergency	Flood	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides	Public assistance
9 Jan 2023	EM-3591	Emergency	Flood	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides	Public assistance
16 Oct 2020	DR-4569	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	Public assistance
9 Sep 2020	FM-5363	Fire management assistance	Fire	Bear Fire	Public assistance
22 Aug 2020	DR-4558	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	Public assistance
22 Mar 2020	DR-4482	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3428	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
10 Oct 2017	DR-4344	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	Individual assistance, Public assistance
9 Oct 2017	FM-5216	Fire management assistance	Fire	Cascade Fire	Public assistance
1 Apr 2017	DR-4308	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides	Public assistance
14 Feb 2017	DR-4301	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides	Public assistance
14 Feb 2017	EM-3381	Emergency	Dam/Levee Break	Potential Failure Of The Emergency Spillway At Oroville Lake	Public assistance
15 Aug 2009	FM-2825	Fire management assistance	Fire	Yuba Fire	Public assistance
3 Feb 2006	DR-1628	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides	Public assistance
13 Sep 2005	EM-3248	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
1 Sep 1999	EM-3140	Emergency	Fire	Ca-Wildfires-08/25/1999	Individual assistance, Public assistance
9 Feb 1998	DR-1203	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
4 Jan 1997	DR-1155	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud And Landslides	Individual assistance, Public assistance
12 Mar 1995	DR-1046	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding Landslides, Mud Flow	Individual assistance, Public assistance
10 Jan 1995	DR-1044	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mud Flows	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Feb 1991	DR-894	Major disaster	Freezing	Severe Freeze	Individual assistance
29 Sep 1988	DR-815	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	Individual assistance
21 Feb 1986	DR-758	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
9 Feb 1983	DR-677	Major disaster	Coastal Storm	Coastal Storms, Floods, Slides & Tornadoes	Individual assistance
20 Jan 1977	EM-3023	Emergency	Drought	Drought	Public assistance
16 Feb 1970	DR-283	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
26 Jan 1969	DR-253	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Dec 1964	DR-183	Major disaster	Flood	Heavy Rains & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Yuba County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978320

Paid claims227

Total paid$8.3M

Average paid claim$37K

Repetitive-loss properties110 severe

Residential policies in force1,2714.9% of 25,888 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	1	0	$0	—
2025	1	1	$7,078	$7,078
2024	2	2	$17,015	$8,507
2023	3	2	$38,504	$19,252
2021	1	1	$3,135	$3,135
2019	4	3	$29,177	$9,726
2018	1	1	$61,390	$61,390
2017	8	5	$104,155	$20,831
2016	6	6	$90,127	$15,021
2014	3	2	$5,676	$2,838
2013	1	0	$0	—
2012	5	2	$20,673	$10,336
2011	1	0	$0	—
2006	8	7	$202,911	$28,987
2005	11	10	$261,398	$26,140
2002	1	0	$0	—
2001	1	0	$0	—
2000	1	0	$0	—
1999	1	0	$0	—
1998	25	15	$137,565	$9,171
1997	129	93	$5,992,698	$64,438
1996	21	15	$611,861	$40,791
1995	45	30	$222,059	$7,402
1993	1	0	$0	—
1986	38	31	$519,359	$16,754

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 80.9 of 100

Expected annual loss$46MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Low

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Moderate	$24,851,816
Drought	Relatively High	$7,871,245
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$7,115,778
Earthquake	Relatively Low	$5,588,134
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$476,114
Lightning	Relatively Low	$168,967
Tornado	Very Low	$149,701
Landslide	Relatively Moderate	$54,650
Strong wind	Very Low	$32,595
Hail	Very Low	$22,375
Winter weather	Very Low	$7,643
Avalanche	Very Low	$54
Volcanic activity	Very Low	$22

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

No HURDAT2 track at tropical-storm strength passes within 100 miles of the county's centre point (through the 2025 season).

ZIP codes with flood claims

95901 224
95961 83
95692 5

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Yuba County, CA?

NCEI records 1 hail event in Yuba County since 1950, in 1 different years; that is about 0.0 recorded events a year. 0 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Yuba County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 4 tornadoes in Yuba County since 1950, 0 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 0.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Yuba County?

10 Mar 2023: Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, a emergency declaration for flood. The county appears in 28 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Yuba County, and how much was paid?

320 NFIP claims since 1978, 227 of them paid, for $8.3M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Yuba County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively Low" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Yuba County compare with the rest of California?

6.0 recorded events per 100 square miles against 26.2 statewide, and 3.8 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 1.4. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.