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Flood risk in Minnesota

FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.

Counties with claims
80
of 82 reporting
Total NFIP claims
1,209
Total claims paid
$16,775,498
Active policies
1,235

Highest flood risk counties

Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.

  1. 1.Big Stone County8.92 / 1k
  2. 2.Yellow Medicine County6.54 / 1k
  3. 3.Kittson County5.81 / 1k
  4. 4.Traverse County5.58 / 1k
  5. 5.Cottonwood County5.42 / 1k
  6. 6.Aitkin County5.15 / 1k
  7. 7.Norman County4.14 / 1k
  8. 8.Wabasha County3.58 / 1k
  9. 9.Le Sueur County3.35 / 1k
  10. 10.Clay County3.06 / 1k

Lowest flood risk counties

Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.

  1. 1.Itasca County0.06 / 1k
  2. 2.Beltrami County0.06 / 1k
  3. 3.Benton County0.06 / 1k
  4. 4.Cass County0.08 / 1k
  5. 5.Kandiyohi County0.12 / 1k
  6. 6.Anoka County0.13 / 1k
  7. 7.Crow Wing County0.14 / 1k
  8. 8.Ramsey County0.15 / 1k
  9. 9.Hennepin County0.16 / 1k
  10. 10.Isanti County0.19 / 1k

Counties by historical claims

Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.

How to read this

Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.

Data sources

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