Water Damage Restoration in Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis experiences water damage from more distinct mechanisms than almost any other major American city — a consequence of its extreme continental climate that swings from -30°F winters to 100°F summers. Frozen pipe bursts are the dominant water damage event type during Minneapolis winters, when polar vortex outbreaks plunge temperatures below -20°F for multi-day periods and freeze supply lines in the exterior walls of Minneapolis's substantial pre-war housing stock. The Minneapolis Park Board's chain of urban lakes — Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska), Cedar Lake, and Lake Nokomis — are fed by the Minnehaha Creek watershed, which floods its banks in spring snowmelt events and affects low-lying residential areas from St. Louis Park to the Nokomis neighborhood. The Minnesota River joins the Mississippi at Fort Snelling, and both rivers' flood plains encompass developed areas of South St. Paul and the Dakota County river bottom communities.