Floods in Minnesota

Property owners in Minnesota have filed 12,290 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $155 million paid.

12,290flood insurance claims since 1978
$155Mpaid on those claims
1997most claims in one year, 3,214
29thamong the states for claims

2025

Floods on record, by year

Over time

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events

Aug 18, 2007	Flash Flood	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston	7	$176 million
Apr 1, 2001	Flood	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth	3	$200 million
Jun 26, 1998	Flash Flood	Anoka, Benton, Chippewa	3	$2.5 million
Jun 11, 2008	Flash Flood	Brown, Carver, Douglas	3	$500,000

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Minnesota

Polk County	1,455
Marshall County	1,405
Clay County	1,358
Mower County	733
Olmsted County	719
Hennepin County	682
Washington County	533
Wilkin County	495
Roseau County	279
Norman County	247
Kittson County	247
Wright County	223
Goodhue County	209
St. Louis County	183
Dakota County	181
Chippewa County	172
Wabasha County	162
Yellow Medicine County	146
Traverse County	146
Ramsey County	145
Scott County	117
Winona County	115
Stearns County	112
Otter Tail County	109
Fillmore County	99
Anoka County	96
Aitkin County	95
Blue Earth County	92
Big Stone County	92
Becker County	92
Steele County	90
Le Sueur County	87
Nobles County	83
Houston County	78
Rice County	78
Carver County	70
Lyon County	63
Pine County	60
Nicollet County	59
Sherburne County	59
Morrison County	50
Benton County	46
Lac qui Parle County	45
Freeborn County	45
Cottonwood County	43
Chisago County	37
Brown County	35
Dodge County	32
Rock County	29
Hubbard County	28
Isanti County	26
Pennington County	25
Mille Lacs County	24
Kanabec County	21
Jackson County	20
Carlton County	19
McLeod County	19
Pipestone County	17
Koochiching County	17
Douglas County	16
Watonwan County	16
Cook County	15
Murray County	15
Clearwater County	15
Crow Wing County	13
Todd County	13
Itasca County	12
Faribault County	12
Cass County	12
Sibley County	12
Swift County	12
Mahnomen County	10
Lake County	9
Waseca County	9
Kandiyohi County	8
Pope County	7
Wadena County	7
Renville County	6
Meeker County	6
Lake of the Woods County	5
Redwood County	3
Grant County	3
Lincoln County	3
Beltrami County	3
Red Lake County	2
Stevens County	2

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).