50
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2.2M
Property damage
Flood in Mower County, Minnesota: 50 recorded events between 2007 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #245 nationally and #4 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flood in Mower County, Minnesota: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flood in Mower County is the 2010s, when 34 of the county's 50 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Mower County archive, flood makes up 10.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #245 for this hazard and #4 within Minnesota, putting it in the 91.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for flood in Mower County with 18 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2025 | AUSTIN | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | MAPLEVIEW | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 17, 2025 | LANSING | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | LANSING | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | LANSING | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 22, 2024 | AUSTIN ACRES | 0 | $150K |
| Jun 22, 2024 | LANSING | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 22, 2024 | AUSTIN | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 23, 2022 | AUSTIN | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2020 | ELKTON | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Mower County
- Thunderstorm Wind 185
- Hail 154
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A few county roads were closed, including County Road 28 due to flooding. Also, city roads were closed in Austin, Grand Meadow, Adams and Le Roy, while evacuations of some apartments took place near Oakland Place in Austin. The rain began around 2 p.m. CST on the 22nd and continued through 10 p.m. CST on the 23rd. However, the majority of the rain fell by 7 a.m. CST on the 23rd.
The Cedar River in Austin reached a crest of 22.4 feet at the waste water treatment plant and 21.4 feet 3 miles south of Austin. Both of these crests occurred on June 12 and were the third highest on record. Flood stage at the waste water treatment plant is 15.0 feet and 11.0 feet 3 miles south of Austin. In addition, Turtle and Dobbins Creek near Austin crested at 13.74 feet and 18.95 feet respectively on June 12, which were both the second highest crests on record. All-time record crests were 14.77 feet at Turtle Creek, 25.0 feet at the waste water treatment plant and 23.26 feet 3 miles south of Austin, all of which occurred on September 16, 2004. Dobbins Creek all-time record crest was 19.18 feet on July 10, 2000.||Sections of Interstate 90 were closed from flood waters along the Cedar River.
Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed the Cedar River at Lansing to rise into flood stage during the afternoon on August 17th. The site crested at 18.33 ft in minor flood stage during the late afternoon on August 17th before falling below flood stage during the early evening that same day.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flood events are on record in Mower County, Minnesota?
50 flood events are recorded in Mower County between 2007 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flood recorded in Mower County?
The strongest flood on record in Mower County measured 0.
Where does the flood data for Mower County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flood in Mower County, Minnesota.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/minnesota/mower-county/flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.