How bad is flooding in Minneapolis? (St. Paul, Duluth: houses, to live in, airport)

[vaporizor]

I've seen some videos on youtube and I'm a bit concerned about moving there because of it. Someone who used to live in MN said its getting worse then it used to be. Is this true?

[golfgal]

There really isn't any flooding in Minneapolis yet. It is all in the northern part of the state but as the water travels down the various rivers, the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers will rise. I don't think any major flooding is expected though.

The Northeastern part of the state is a mess, roads washed out, towns/property flooded. It's bad up there.

[DaPerpKazoo]

Flooding in Minneapolis is very rare. There have been incidents in the past of major flash flooding in various parts of the city during very large storms but that has largely been eliminated due to a series of drainage projects over the last decade, particularly some serious work that was done on 35W under the UPA program in 2009. The Mississippi has tall bluffs through most of Minneapolis and is very very well controlled by the corps north of the confluence with the Minnesota. Lowertown Saint Paul and some suburbs downstream have had flooding in the past, but realistically the vast majority of the flooding in the Twin Cities is on traditional floodplains that are primarily parkland, for that reason.

In short: 99+% of the Twin Cities has nothing to worry about.

[Glenfield]

I read that there was a flood that affected Minneapolis in the spring of 1965, but there are only 490 houses in the city that sit in the 100 year flood plain, so you have almost nothing to worry about. That said, there are areas in the Twin Cities, including Minneapolis, that are near creeks etc., and have the potential for flooding. The area that seem to have a tendency to flood is near the St. Paul airport in the spring. You can look at the FEMA flood maps here.

https://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stor...0001&langId=-1

You an get more info from the city of Minmeapolis here.

Flood Information - City of Minneapolis

And, no, it is not worse than it used to be. People say that about all sorts of things.

[Drewcifer]

In general flooding isn't much of an issue but there are some localized spots. The area around 22nd and Lyndale/Garfield has a flash flood about every other year when it rains hard. Don't park on that block if there are big thunderstorms comming, I lost a car that way.

[BonnieS36]

Although you didn't say where you were thinking of moving (what city) I am a person who had lived in Minneota for 36 years and in the twin cities area.(St.Paul-Minneapls) and I love it here. There is some flooding in Duluth which is about 90 miles from here, but this area has been beautiful this summer. We've only had a few days of 90 degrees or over, like 92, 93 but nothing worse. But there has been a lot of rain this year. As far as the weather getting worse, well isn't the whole United States getting worse?Well, the whole world is getting more severe weather. I'll say one thing and it's about the winters, they are cold. And the year before last, we had a alot of snow, but it's not anything like the NE, inparticuliarly Syracuse or Buffalo N.Y. Hope this helps.