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Flood cars at US salvage auctions

Cars that Copart lists with WATER/FLOOD as the primary or secondary damage, counted from our database in real time. Many of them get dried, cleaned and sold again, sometimes far from the place they drowned. Check where they come from and what to look for.

Flood cars in the database9,488
At auction this week1,442
At auction this month1,610
Median value (Copart estimate)$16,010

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Flood cars by state and province
  1. Florida 2,455 26%
  2. New Jersey 765 8.1%
  3. Texas 712 7.5%
  4. New York 605 6.4%
  5. California 386 4.1%
  6. Alabama 365 3.8%
  7. Illinois 360 3.8%
  8. Louisiana 293 3.1%
  9. South Carolina 272 2.9%
  10. Indiana 249 2.6%
  11. Missouri 239 2.5%
  12. Pennsylvania 221 2.3%
  13. North Carolina 164 1.7%
  14. Kentucky 160 1.7%
  15. Georgia 154 1.6%
  16. Virginia 147 1.5%
  17. Michigan 135 1.4%
  18. Tennessee 130 1.4%
  19. Hawaii 128 1.3%
  20. Massachusetts 120 1.3%
  21. Connecticut 106 1.1%
  22. Nebraska 96 1.0%
  23. West Virginia 94 <1%
  24. Minnesota 92 <1%
  25. Oklahoma 89 <1%
  26. Kansas 84 <1%
  27. Ontario 83 <1%
  28. Ohio 81 <1%
  29. Delaware 70 <1%
  30. Arkansas 69 <1%
  31. Maryland 68 <1%
  32. Arizona 50 <1%
  33. Mississippi 48 <1%
  34. Colorado 44 <1%
  35. Iowa 34 <1%
  36. Washington 34 <1%
  37. New Hampshire 32 <1%
  38. Rhode Island 31 <1%
  39. Wisconsin 29 <1%
  40. Nevada 27 <1%
  41. Oregon 26 <1%
  42. Montana 24 <1%
  43. Utah 23 <1%
  44. Quebec 22 <1%
  45. Maine 20 <1%
  46. New Mexico 18 <1%
  47. Idaho8 <1%
  48. Alberta7 <1%
  49. New Brunswick5 <1%
  50. North Dakota5 <1%
  51. Alaska3 <1%
  52. Nova Scotia3 <1%
  53. Vermont2 <1%
  54. Wyoming1 <1%
Makes
  1. Chevrolet 869 9.2%
  2. Ford 833 8.8%
  3. Toyota 830 8.7%
  4. Honda 638 6.7%
  5. Mercedes-Benz 624 6.6%
  6. Nissan 600 6.3%
  7. BMW 513 5.4%
  8. Hyundai 427 4.5%
  9. Jeep 385 4.1%
  10. Dodge 372 3.9%
  11. KIA 316 3.3%
  12. Chrysler 239 2.5%
Models
  1. Toyota CAMRY 183 1.9%
  2. Honda ACCORD 180 1.9%
  3. Honda CIVIC 164 1.7%
  4. Nissan ALTIMA 158 1.7%
  5. Mercedes-Benz C-CLASS 152 1.6%
  6. Chevrolet SILVERADO 150 1.6%
  7. Hyundai ELANTRA 149 1.6%
  8. Toyota COROLLA 147 1.5%
  9. BMW 3 SERIES 138 1.5%
  10. Chevrolet EQUINOX 134 1.4%
  11. Jeep WRANGLER 132 1.4%
  12. Mercedes-Benz E-CLASS 127 1.3%

Value is Copart's estimated retail value before the damage, not a sale price. Counts are cars in our database with WATER/FLOOD as primary or secondary damage; the week and month refer to the auction date.

Latest flood lots

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How to spot a flood car

A silt line inside the doors, rust on bolts under the seats, fog in the headlights, new carpet in an old car, a title that moved through three states after a hurricane. The full checklist covers photos, documents and what to check in person.

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