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Benton County Flood Insurance Claims
National Flood Insurance Program, 1982–2024 · 28th highest paid in Iowa
Claims
108
Total paid
$2.0M
Average / claim
$19K
Building / contents
$1.9M / $130K
Paid by decade
1980s$2K · 2 claims
1990s$35K · 10 claims
2000s$1.2M · 49 claims
2010s$780K · 45 claims
2020s$4K · 2 claims
Worst years by dollars paid
| 2008 | $1.1M | 42 claims |
| 2016 | $606K | 27 claims |
| 2009 | $101K | 6 claims |
| 2010 | $72K | 7 claims |
| 2013 | $41K | 5 claims |
Full disaster history for Benton County →
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Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.