From my first link just above:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...ts-property-taxes-appeal-assessor/3374899002/
Residential assessment increases ranged from a high of 22.5% in Harrison County in western Iowa to a low of 0.04% in Black Hawk County and its county seat, Waterloo, according to the Register's survey. ...
Harrison County has seen a strong housing market over the past several years with a new type of buyer moving into the county. Flooding in western Iowa may affect future assessments ...
You can see where Harrison County is on the map at the link — on the Missouri River, directly west of Des Moines and north of Omaha.
I’m curious what “a new type of buyer moving into” Harrison County means.
Harrison County is quite rural, but includes some pretty scenic parts of the Loess Hills. As to the flooded parts, I would guess the wide, flat river bottom land between I-29 and the Missouri River to the west is or was partly flooded, or perhaps moreso soon, and that the rest of the county, generally hilly, is pretty much OK. Wind-blown, the steepest hills are right next to the river bottom to the east, which makes for quite a contrast.
This topography is apparent in Google Maps.
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is right by the river, with its massive annual migration of geese, as well as a museum for the steamship Bertrand, which sunk in 1865, its cargo largely intact when dug up a century later.
Harrison County isn’t the closest, but driving down I-29 is an easy commute to Omaha/Council Bluffs from the north — relatively close to downtown Omaha — particularly compared to the western suburbs. Coming down I-29, you can see the tall buildings downtown many miles away across the wide, flat river bottom. Near the end, you round a river bend where the tall buildings (or perhaps, it, the very tallest building), come directly in front of your view just across the river, just a bit more, before you hop a bridge, and are there.
Prior to going that far south, alternatively, you could take I-680 west off I-29 to other parts of Omaha. Or instead go somewhere in Council Bluffs.
I would guess the “new type of buyer” includes people with second homes, and possibly more commuters.
I no longer live near there and would be interested to know what this new development is.