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Dakota County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19782024 · 9th highest paid in Minnesota

Claims
181
Total paid
$3.9M
Average / claim
$21K
Building / contents
$2.8M / $1.1M

Paid by decade

1970s$6K · 7 claims
1980s$25K · 18 claims
1990s$398K · 33 claims
2000s$652K · 31 claims
2010s$1.8M · 72 claims
2020s$976K · 20 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2019$673K19 claims
2001$609K21 claims
2023$418K7 claims
2010$402K17 claims
2024$400K6 claims

Full disaster history for Dakota County

Most-paid counties in Minnesota

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.