County evidence packet

Van Buren County, AR public-data receipt

FIPS 05141. Source lineage, field availability, confidence, and canonical ByCounty destinations for tracked county facts.

Receipt coverage

Tracked registry fields

95%

21 available fields, 1 gaps, 9 high-confidence values.

Tracked metrics

Values available

Visible gaps

Category coverage

What the network knows about Van Buren County

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Taxes

100%

2 of 2 receipt fields available

Cost

100%

1 of 1 receipt fields available

Income

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1 of 1 receipt fields available

Crime

100%

1 of 1 receipt fields available

Health

100%

3 of 3 receipt fields available

Schools

100%

1 of 1 receipt fields available

Risk

100%

1 of 1 receipt fields available

Water

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5 of 5 receipt fields available

Weather

100%

2 of 2 receipt fields available

Soil

100%

1 of 1 receipt fields available

Lawn

100%

2 of 2 receipt fields available

Civic

0 of 1 receipt fields available

Scores

100%

1 of 1 receipt fields available

Row-level receipt

Values, sources, vintages, transforms, and canonical pages

Each row is tied to a stable metric ID in the shared ByCounty provenance registry. Missing values stay visible because silence is a data-quality signal.

Metric	Value	Source	Vintage	Confidence	Canonical
Effective property tax rate County-level estimate of the typical property tax burden on owner-occupied homes. Lower is better	0.5%	American Community Survey 5-year U.S. Census Bureau B25103_001E / B25077_001E	ACS 2019-2023 5-year median annual property tax divided by median owner-occupied home value	high	Tax By County
Median annual property tax Median annual real-estate tax payment for owner-occupied homes. Context matters	$562	American Community Survey 5-year U.S. Census Bureau B25103_001E	ACS 2019-2023 5-year direct ACS estimate	high	Tax By County
Rent burden Median gross rent as a share of renter household income. Lower is better	32%	American Community Survey 5-year U.S. Census Bureau B25071_001E	ACS 2019-2023 5-year direct ACS gross rent as percentage of household income estimate	high	Cost By County
Median household income Median income across all households in the county. Higher is better	$47,266	American Community Survey 5-year U.S. Census Bureau B19013_001E	ACS 2019-2023 5-year direct ACS estimate	high	Income By County
Violent crime rate Reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents with agency coverage caveats. Lower is better	207.5 per 100K	Crime Data API and UCR summaries Federal Bureau of Investigation violent offenses and population	FBI 2022 county aggregation reported violent crime divided by population, scaled per 100,000 residents	medium	Crime By County
Life expectancy Estimated average years of life at birth for county residents. Higher is better	73.9 years	County Health Rankings CDC, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute life expectancy	County Health Rankings latest loaded release direct county metric from CHR source file	high	Health By County
Primary care physician density Current provider-density signal derived from CMS NPPES provider records. Higher is better	37.7	National Plan and Provider Enumeration System Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services NPI provider taxonomy and practice address	NPPES 2026 loaded extract primary care providers geocoded to county, scaled per 100,000 residents	medium	Health By County
Adult diabetes prevalence Model-based estimate of diagnosed diabetes prevalence among adults. Lower is better	11.5%	PLACES local health estimates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DIABETES	CDC PLACES latest loaded release direct age-adjusted county prevalence estimate	medium	Health By County
Graduation rate County-level school completion signal derived from NCES records. Higher is better	92.5	NCES and Education Data Explorer National Center for Education Statistics district completion indicators	NCES latest loaded release district records aggregated to county	medium	Schools By County
FEMA composite risk score Composite natural hazard risk score across FEMA NRI hazard categories. Lower is better	50.6	National Risk Index Federal Emergency Management Agency RISK_SCORE	FEMA NRI latest loaded release direct county score from National Risk Index	high	Risk By County
Water quality score Composite score summarizing multiple federal water signals at county level. Higher is better	25.2	ByCounty score model ByCounty Network healthViolationCount, attainsImpairedPct, wqpSiteCount, usgsStreamflowPctOfMean	ByCounty current build normalized composite of drinking-water, watershed, monitoring, and streamflow signals	medium	Water By County
Drinking water health violations Five-year count of health-based drinking water violations attributed to the county. Lower is better	12	Safe Drinking Water Information System U.S. Environmental Protection Agency health-based violations	EPA SDWIS latest loaded extract public-water-system violations joined and aggregated to county	medium	Water By County
Impaired waterbody share Share of assessed water bodies with impairment status in EPA ATTAINS. Lower is better	7.6%	ATTAINS assessments U.S. Environmental Protection Agency assessment unit overall status	ATTAINS latest loaded cycle impaired assessed water bodies divided by assessed water bodies matched to county	medium	Water By County
Water monitoring sites Count of water-quality monitoring locations with recent sample activity. Higher is better	13	Water Quality Portal EPA, USGS, state, tribal, and local agencies MonitoringLocation summaries	WQP latest loaded refresh monitoring locations counted by county for recent activity	high	Water By County
Streamflow percent of typical Current streamflow at the selected primary county gauge compared with long-term mean. Context matters	13.9%	National Water Information System U.S. Geological Survey IV discharge and annual statistics	USGS NWIS latest loaded refresh current primary gauge discharge divided by approved annual mean discharge	medium	Water By County
Average annual temperature Average annual temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Context matters	58.8 F	NCEI climate and normals NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information climate normals temperature	NOAA 1991-2020 normals and ERA5 fallback where needed station or reanalysis normals aggregated to county centroid coverage	medium	Weather By County
Air quality index Air quality index estimate used as a county weather context signal. Lower is better	52	National Weather Service API National Weather Service AQI seed and forecast metadata	Latest loaded air-quality seed county centroid air-quality estimate	limited	Weather By County
Average soil pH County-average soil pH estimated from USDA soil survey map units. Context matters	5.4	SSURGO soil survey U.S. Department of Agriculture component horizon pH	SSURGO latest loaded extract area-weighted county soil pH estimate	medium	Soil By County
Plant hardiness zone USDA plant hardiness zone for local planting and turf planning. Context matters	7b	Plant Hardiness Zone Map U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness raster zone	USDA PHZM 2023 county centroid and range lookup from PHZM grid	high	Lawn By County
Weeks in drought Recent drought persistence for landscaping, agriculture, and water planning. Lower is better	29 weeks	U.S. Drought Monitor National Drought Mitigation Center, NOAA, USDA county drought intensity history	USDM latest loaded weekly extract count of trailing 52 weeks with D1 or worse drought exposure	high	Lawn By County
Federal spending per resident Federal spending intensity attributed to county place of performance. Context matters	Not available	USAspending API U.S. Treasury award obligations and place of performance	FY2024 loaded awards county award obligations divided by resident population	medium	Spend By County
CountyScore composite Cross-domain county score that summarizes available ByCounty metrics. Higher is better	56.7	ByCounty score model ByCounty Network taxScore, costScore, safetyScore, healthScore, schoolScore, incomeScore, riskScore, waterScore, weatherScore	ByCounty current build weighted normalized average of available category scores	medium	County Score

Data gaps are part of the record.

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Federal spending per resident
Expected from USAspending API. Canonical owner: spendbycounty