Lowest counties for flood risk in California
Top 25 of 58 counties with data.
Ranked by flood risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 46.8 |
| 2 | Kern | 47.2 |
| 3 | San Francisco | 53.7 |
| 4 | San Joaquin | 54.0 |
| 5 | Sutter | 56.6 |
| 6 | Kings | 56.7 |
| 7 | Yolo | 58.7 |
| 8 | Stanislaus | 60.2 |
| 9 | San Diego | 61.4 |
| 10 | Fresno | 62.4 |
| 11 | Glenn | 63.2 |
| 12 | Colusa | 63.7 |
| 13 | Merced | 66.4 |
| 14 | Butte | 67.3 |
| 15 | Los Angeles | 69.3 |
| 16 | Placer | 69.7 |
| 17 | San Mateo | 69.9 |
| 18 | Monterey | 70.0 |
| 19 | San Benito | 70.8 |
| 20 | El Dorado | 71.5 |
| 21 | Alameda | 71.6 |
| 22 | Orange | 73.4 |
| 23 | Tuolumne | 77.3 |
| 24 | Santa Cruz | 77.5 |
| 25 | Amador | 78.3 |
How this ranking works
This page ranks California counties by flood risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.
For flood risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh flood risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.
Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of flood risk.