Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Scott County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths are almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (32.9″/yr). The trade-offs: 23 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
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Scott County is a marginal bolthole (43/100). Its strengths: almost no federal land or extraction and decent rainfall (32.9″/yr). Watch-outs: 23 mi from the nearest metro and elevated natural-hazard exposure.
Land in Scott County runs about $9,547 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Scott County gets about 32.9" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 9.6% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 23 miles away, and population density is 437.3 people per square mile.