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Flood history in Minnesota

Minnesota has 693 county-level flood declarations across 87 counties. Marshall County leads with 19 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for flood events in this state: $301.0M.

This page shows every Minnesota county in Minnesota that has at least one FEMA flood declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to flood events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of flood declarations across all states, see the flood disaster type page. For all hazard types in Minnesota, see the Minnesota state page.

Flood in Minnesota

Counties ranked by flood declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Marshall County19$7.8M
2Kittson County18$5.2M
3Norman County18$7.9M
4Polk County17$6.2M
5Roseau County16$7.2M
6Clay County15$9.3M
7Red Lake County14$566K
8Blue Earth County13$15.0M
9Nicollet County13$3.6M
10Wilkin County13$2.4M
11Lake of the Woods County12$1.8M
12Renville County12$4.2M
13Traverse County12$3.5M
14Aitkin County11$1.3M
15Brown County11$8.5M
16Le Sueur County11$5.1M
17Pennington County11$1.4M
18Redwood County11$12.4M
19Sibley County11$5.8M
20Beltrami County10$2.6M
21Chippewa County10$3.7M
22Lac qui Parle County10$2.7M
23Big Stone County9$2.6M
24Carver County9$2.6M
25Faribault County9$3.5M
26Houston County9$1.6M
27McLeod County9$2.7M
28Ramsey County9$19.8M
29Scott County9$5.3M
30St. Louis County9$23.4M
31Wabasha County9$1.3M
32Yellow Medicine County9$4.2M
33Becker County8$736K
34Freeborn County8$7.1M
35Goodhue County8$1.7M
36Grant County8$1.8M
37Mahnomen County8$405K
38Swift County8$1.8M
39Washington County8$3.2M
40Wright County8$739K
41Hennepin County7$7.5M
42Jackson County7$8.4M
43Koochiching County7$3.1M
44Lyon County7$2.1M
45Morrison County7$638K
46Murray County7$5.6M
47Nobles County7$9.2M
48Otter Tail County7$731K
49Pine County7$1.4M
50Stevens County7$1.2M
51Benton County6$353K
52Clearwater County6$1.9M
53Cottonwood County6$4.2M
54Dakota County6$4.1M
55Fillmore County6$1.8M
56Martin County6$2.0M
57Pope County6$403K
58Rock County6$4.8M
59Steele County6$2.0M
60Todd County6$733K
61Waseca County6$4.2M
62Watonwan County6$2.8M
63Winona County6$682K
64Carlton County5$1.7M
65Cass County5$589K
66Chisago County5$70K
67Crow Wing County5$816K
68Dodge County5$334K
69Douglas County5$290K
70Itasca County5$3.8M
71Kanabec County5$931K
72Lake County5$1.3M
73Mille Lacs County5$527K
74Pipestone County5$1.5M
75Rice County5$4.0M
76Stearns County5$201K
77Wadena County5$114K
78Anoka County4$26K
79Isanti County4$293K
80Kandiyohi County4$382K
81Mower County4$2.7M
82Olmsted County4$6.4M
83Sherburne County4$0
84Lincoln County3$658K
85Meeker County3$1.6M
86Cook County2$449K
87Hubbard County1$0