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Van Buren County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19802019 · 41th highest paid in Iowa

Claims
53
Total paid
$518K
Average / claim
$10K
Building / contents
$484K / $34K

Paid by decade

1980s$5K · 2 claims
1990s$148K · 11 claims
2000s$348K · 27 claims
2010s$16K · 13 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2008$348K26 claims
1993$148K11 claims
2010$8K8 claims
2011$7K1 claims
1985$5K1 claims

Full disaster history for Van Buren County

Most-paid counties in Iowa

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.