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Bureau County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782020 · 74th highest paid in Illinois

Claims
73
Total paid
$244K
Average / claim
$3K
Building / contents
$196K / $48K

Paid by decade

1970s$19K · 12 claims
1980s$52K · 20 claims
1990s$17K · 2 claims
2000s$29K · 9 claims
2010s$121K · 28 claims
2020s$6K · 2 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2013$91K19 claims
1982$22K8 claims
2008$21K5 claims
1979$17K10 claims
1987$16K1 claims

Full disaster history for Bureau County

Most-paid counties in Illinois

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.