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ZIP code 95834, Sacramento County, California

National Flood Insurance Program claims and payouts recorded for this ZIP code, with county context.

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. NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

ZIP code 95834, in Sacramento County, California, has 97 National Flood Insurance Program claims in the OpenFEMA record since 1978, 49 of them paid for a total of $1.5M.

That is 2.5% of the 3,864 claims recorded across Sacramento County. The average paid claim in the ZIP is $32K, higher than the county average of $16K and the California average of $21K.

FEMA counts 6 repetitive-loss properties and 1 severe repetitive-loss property in the ZIP (properties with two or more paid flood claims); their locations are not published.

At county level FEMA counts 42,334 residential flood policies in force, covering 9.6% of residential structures.

97NFIP claims since 1978
49paid claims
$1.5Mtotal paid
$32Kaverage paid claim

Compared with the county and state

MeasureZIP 95834SacramentoCaliforniaUS
Claims since 1978973,86453,5632,680,429
Share of claims paid51%61%66%78%
Average paid claim$32K$16K$21K$43K
Share of county claims2.5%100%——
Repetitive-loss properties61813,456—

Claims by year of loss

197820022026
NFIP claims in ZIP 95834 by year of loss, 1978 to 2026.
DecadeClaimsPaid
1970s0$0
1980s11$333,698
1990s38$784,829
2000s15$172,107
2010s11$50,352
2020s22$207,601
Year of lossClaimsPaid claimsAmount paidAverage paid
202610$0—
202510$0—
202420$0—
202385$189,007$37,801
202230$0—
202171$18,593$18,593
201820$0—
201742$49,468$24,734
201410$0—
201210$0—
201110$0—
201021$884$884
200930$0—
200611$47,270$47,270
200575$122,247$24,449
200210$0—
200110$0—
200021$2,590$2,590
199821$1,896$1,896
19972218$757,170$42,065
1995116$25,763$4,294
199410$0—
199310$0—
199210$0—
1986118$333,698$41,712

Claims are counted by year of loss as recorded in OpenFEMA's redacted NFIP claims file; amounts combine building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments. ZIP codes in the file are the policyholder's reported ZIP.

County context: Sacramento County

Sacramento County has 246 weather events in the NCEI record since 1950 (45 in the last 12 months), 23 federal disaster declarations, and an overall National Risk Index rating of "Relatively High". Flood-type events recorded in the county: 172; hurricane-strength tracks within 50 miles: 0.

Hail: 9 · Tornado: 15 · Flood: 172 · Wind: 13 · Winter: 0 — full county page.

Questions and answers

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in ZIP 95834?

97 claims since 1978 in the OpenFEMA NFIP claims file, 49 of them with a payment.

How much has the NFIP paid out in ZIP 95834?

$1.5M across 49 paid claims (building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments combined), about $32K per paid claim.

Which year had the most flood claims in 95834?

1997, with 22 claims and $757K paid.

What county is ZIP 95834 in?

Most claims in this ZIP carry the county code for Sacramento County, California; ZIP codes can cross county lines. The county page carries the storm record, declarations and risk index for the area.

Provenance

OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (as of 8 Sep 2026) and NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026), aggregated by ZIP code and year of loss on this site; no property-level record is shown. County storm figures from NOAA NCEI through 30 Jun 2026. Built 1 Oct 2026. See the guide to redacted NFIP claims and the methodology.