Counties

Water damage help by Minnesota county

Each county page combines Census housing data with ten years of daily NOAA weather data, so the advice fits the homes and winters where you live.

Counties with a local guide

County	Seat	Homes	Built pre-1980	Freeze nights ≤ 20°F	1"+ rain days
Aitkin	Aitkin	14,253	47%	103	4.1
Anoka	Anoka	141,863	41%	81	5.6
Becker	Detroit Lakes	20,005	49%	109	3.4
Beltrami	Bemidji	21,729	42%	112	2.7
Benton	Foley	17,608	42%	91	5.3
Big Stone	Ortonville	3,001	75%	95	4.9
Blue Earth	Mankato	29,864	52%	79	7.4
Brown	New Ulm	11,827	70%	81	6.4
Carlton	Carlton	15,896	56%	105	5.2
Carver	Chaska	42,270	25%	80	5.3
Cass	Walker	24,470	36%	104	3.5
Chippewa	Montevideo	5,661	81%	89	5.7
Chisago	Center City	22,998	35%	85	5
Clay	Moorhead	27,559	50%	106	4.1
Clearwater	Bagley	4,468	50%	113	2.5
Cook	Grand Marais	6,079	40%	120	3.6
Cottonwood	Windom	5,168	78%	83	6.8
Crow Wing	Brainerd	42,683	39%	96	4.7
Dakota	Hastings	178,879	35%	75	5.5
Dodge	Mantorville	8,484	51%	82	8.1
Douglas	Alexandria	22,332	44%	99	5.1
Faribault	Blue Earth	6,897	86%	79	6.8
Fillmore	Preston	9,692	63%	76	7.5
Freeborn	Albert Lea	14,116	79%	79	7.6
Goodhue	Red Wing	21,167	59%	77	6.7
Grant	Elbow Lake	3,137	66%	97	4
Hennepin	Minneapolis	571,527	60%	78	5.4
Houston	Caledonia	8,774	62%	68	8.7
Hubbard	Park Rapids	14,765	44%	108	3
Isanti	Cambridge	17,268	42%	88	5.7
Itasca	Grand Rapids	25,679	52%	113	2.7
Jackson	Jackson	4,905	80%	83	7.6
Kanabec	Mora	7,839	46%	93	5.4
Kandiyohi	Willmar	20,337	53%	90	5.2
Kittson	Hallock	2,228	72%	114	2.9
Koochiching	International Falls	7,426	65%	115	3.1
Lac qui Parle	Madison	3,469	80%	89	5.7
Lake	Two Harbors	7,449	66%	120	3
Lake of the Woods	Baudette	3,497	42%	116	2.9
Le Sueur	Le Center	13,054	58%	79	6
Lincoln	Ivanhoe	3,045	75%	90	5.1
Lyon	Marshall	11,269	63%	86	5.4
Mahnomen	Mahnomen	2,547	58%	113	3.2
Marshall	Warren	4,396	66%	115	2.4
Martin	Fairmont	9,729	77%	81	6.4
McLeod	Glencoe	15,972	52%	84	4.1
Meeker	Litchfield	10,735	58%	89	5
Mille Lacs	Milaca	13,069	48%	93	4.6
Morrison	Little Falls	16,256	54%	94	4.8
Mower	Austin	17,014	74%	77	7.7
Murray	Slayton	4,401	72%	85	5.7
Nicollet	St. Peter	13,596	52%	79	5.3
Nobles	Worthington	8,396	72%	83	6.2
Norman	Ada	3,223	77%	110	3.5
Olmsted	Rochester	71,151	41%	80	8.6
Otter Tail	Fergus Falls	36,698	51%	101	4.2
Pennington	Thief River Falls	6,799	61%	116	2.7
Pine	Pine City	17,284	45%	94	5.6
Pipestone	Pipestone	4,325	80%	86	5.2
Polk	Crookston	14,697	66%	112	3.2
Pope	Glenwood	6,424	61%	96	5.9
Ramsey	Saint Paul	233,870	69%	75	6.2
Red Lake	Red Lake Falls	1,878	69%	115	3.3
Redwood	Redwood Falls	7,110	71%	84	6
Renville	Olivia	6,916	77%	85	5.5
Rice	Faribault	25,295	53%	79	8.6
Rock	Luverne	4,256	76%	80	5
Roseau	Roseau	7,224	48%	116	3.2
Scott	Shakopee	56,671	23%	77	5.9
Sherburne	Elk River	37,099	26%	87	4.7
Sibley	Gaylord	6,523	68%	80	4.7
St. Louis	Duluth	104,263	70%	118	3.1
Stearns	St. Cloud	66,625	44%	92	5.8
Steele	Owatonna	15,995	58%	80	8.3
Stevens	Morris	4,182	65%	96	5.4
Swift	Benson	4,706	70%	93	6.1
Todd	Long Prairie	13,008	58%	96	5.8
Traverse	Wheaton	1,896	72%	95	3.7
Wabasha	Wabasha	10,291	55%	76	7.7
Wadena	Wadena	7,021	58%	100	3.8
Waseca	Waseca	7,922	70%	81	7.1
Washington	Stillwater	109,307	33%	76	5.6
Watonwan	St. James	4,881	72%	81	7.3
Wilkin	Breckenridge	2,983	66%	100	3.7
Winona	Winona	21,855	64%	71	9.6
Wright	Buffalo	57,416	32%	86	4.9
Yellow Medicine	Granite Falls	4,488	79%	87	5.7

Housing: ACS 2020-2024. Weather: NOAA nClimGrid-Daily, 2015–2024, per year.

Other Minnesota counties

We're adding these. Until then, the call line still works anywhere in Minnesota, and the nearest county guide is linked.