Gutters, roofing, siding and windows in Yellow Medicine County, MN

In Yellow Medicine County we serve 9 cities and communities: Canby, Clarkfield, Echo, Granite Falls, Hanley Falls, Hazel Run, Porter, St. Leo and Wood Lake.

Yellow Medicine County has 4,512 housing units, and 89% of them are single-family detached homes (American Community Survey 2023, 5-year). Another 1% are attached homes such as townhomes. Mobile homes make up 2% of the housing units.

The median home in Yellow Medicine County was built in 1956. 79% of homes in Yellow Medicine County were built before 1980, and 9% were built in 2000 or later. The most common building period is 1939 or earlier, with 1,615 homes.

84% of occupied homes in Yellow Medicine County are owner-occupied. The median owner-occupied home in Yellow Medicine County is valued at $148,200. Among occupied homes in Yellow Medicine County, 44% heat with utility gas, 20% with electricity, 29% with bottled or tank gas, 3% with fuel oil and 2% with wood.

Source: American Community Survey 2023, 5-year (tables B25024, B25034, B25035, B25003, B25077, B25040).

The NOAA Storm Events Database records 19 hail events, 32 thunderstorm-wind events and 2 tornadoes in Yellow Medicine County from 2016 through March 31, 2026 for hail and through September 22, 2025 for thunderstorm wind and tornadoes. The largest hail on record there in that period was 3 inches on May 9, 2022, near Clarkfield. 9 of those hail events had hail 1.5 inches or larger.

The most recent hail event in Yellow Medicine County was on July 27, 2025: 1 in hail near Hazel Run. The most recent thunderstorm-wind event in Yellow Medicine County was on September 4, 2025, near Granite Falls. The strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Yellow Medicine County in that period was 79 mph. The busiest year was 2022, with 14 events in all.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (hail events through March 31, 2026; thunderstorm-wind and tornado events through September 22, 2025).

Yellow Medicine County scores 60.2 of 100 for hail in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 57th of 87 Minnesota counties. Yellow Medicine County scores 51 of 100 for strong wind in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 49th of 87 Minnesota counties. Yellow Medicine County scores 74.1 of 100 for winter weather in FEMA's National Risk Index, which ranks 34th of 87 Minnesota counties. Of the perils listed here, the highest score in Yellow Medicine County is for winter weather, at 74.1 of 100.

Yellow Medicine County averages 29.3 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The average annual temperature in Yellow Medicine County is 44.9°F.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, 2026 release; rank among the state's counties computed from the scores; NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals.

Our Marshall office is at 408 E Main St Ste 3, Marshall, MN 56258, about 19 miles from the center of Yellow Medicine County. Its hours are Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–7:00 PM. You can reach that office at (507) 606-2707.

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