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Steele County Flood Insurance Claims

National Flood Insurance Program, 19792024 · 18th highest paid in Minnesota

Claims
90
Total paid
$2.0M
Average / claim
$23K
Building / contents
$2.0M / $84K

Paid by decade

1970s$400 · 2 claims
1980s$15K · 3 claims
1990s$4K · 2 claims
2000s$219K · 9 claims
2010s$1.7M · 72 claims
2020s$76K · 2 claims

Worst years by dollars paid

2010$1.2M53 claims
2016$360K13 claims
2007$202K2 claims
2014$121K3 claims
2024$76K2 claims

Full disaster history for Steele 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.