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Buffalo County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782023 · 45th highest paid in Wisconsin

Claims
29
Total paid
$303K
Average / claim
$10K
Building / contents
$277K / $25K

Paid by decade

1970s$586 · 1 claims
1990s$37K · 8 claims
2000s$78K · 12 claims
2010s$167K · 5 claims
2020s$21K · 3 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2010$123K2 claims
2001$78K11 claims
2016$39K1 claims
1997$35K6 claims
2023$21K3 claims

Full disaster history for Buffalo County

Most-paid counties in Wisconsin

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.