MINNESOTA RIVER FLOODS AT MANKATO
Images from a few of the many Mankato area floods over the years.

1881 Flood

Largest on record.
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1908 Flood
Range Street, North Mankato
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 1916 Flood
Glenwood Avenue, Mankato A ditch made by flood waters.
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1951 Flood
North Mankato aerial photo.
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1951 Flood
Belgrade Avenue, North Mankato
Boats in foreground.
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1951 Flood
Aerial photo with bridge.
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1951 Flood
People standing at bridge.
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1951 Flood
All of North Mankato is evacuated and under water.
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1951 Flood
North Mankato aerial photo.
Tree-lined street is Belgrade Avenue.
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1951 Flood
Center & Monroe, North Mankato
Residential area.
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1951 Flood
Rowing home, North Mankato.
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1965 Flood
Aerial photo.
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1965 Flood
View inside the store, Madsen's Value Center.
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1965 Flood
Range Street & Webster Avenue, North Mankato
Sandbags.
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1965 Flood
Sandbagging Webster Aveue, North Mankato
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Photos courtesy of Blue Earth County Historical Society, the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Mankato Free Press.


For more information about the floods visit the Dakota Meadows Middle School web site: 1951 Flood and 1965 Flood


This page was last updated 4/15/03

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Minnesota State University, Mankato
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