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Blue Earth County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782025 · 26th highest paid in Minnesota

Claims
92
Total paid
$1.3M
Average / claim
$14K
Building / contents
$1.1M / $215K

Paid by decade

1970s$11K · 4 claims
1980s$111 · 5 claims
1990s$176K · 15 claims
2000s$69K · 10 claims
2010s$593K · 40 claims
2020s$483K · 18 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2024$464K14 claims
2010$241K12 claims
1997$174K8 claims
2019$162K7 claims
2016$106K5 claims

Full disaster history for Blue Earth County

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Source: FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Redacted Claims v3 (OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3, retrieved 2026-09) — dollars actually paid on closed claims, summed from individual claim transactions. This is a record of the past. It is not a flood-risk forecast, an insurance rating, or a judgment about any specific property. For current risk see FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and National Risk Index.