In the process of acquiring land for the FM Area Diversion project, the Metro Flood Diversion Authority also acquired additional acreage at the request of the landowners. The Property Rights Acquisition Plan provides initial guidance on the disposal process for Excess Lands. Further guidance on the process can be found in the MFDA board-approved Excess Lands Policy. The policy states MFDA member entities will have the first opportunity to purchase excess lands. If not, it’s offered to the original seller first and, if unwanted, to the neighboring property owners. If at that time the land is still available, it will be made available via a public land sale.
Any parcels labeled as excess land will be listed here upon their approval by the MFDA Board. These parcels do not include any structures, and some land has restrictions, such as a flowage easement, that will limit how the land can be used.
Once a parcel is made available for public sale, it will be noted in the status for that parcel. To request to purchase, please complete the form at the bottom of this page.
Property Taxes: $2,103.95 (2023)
Restrictions: Flowage Easement
Purchase Status: Available for public sale
Price Per Acre: $5,000
This parcel is on 172nd Ave. SE in the upstream mitigation area. It’s a former residential property that has had all structures removed.
Property Taxes: $2,419.95 (2023)
Restrictions: Flowage easement
Purchase Status: Available for public sale
Price Per Acre: $5,500
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This parcel is north of Cass County Road 18 (52nd Street S.E.), about 1 mile west of I-29. The new owner will need to seek access easement from neighboring property owner or seek approval from the County to install a new field approach.
Property Taxes: $0 (2023)
Restrictions: Flowage Easement
Purchase Status: Available for public sale
Price Per Acre: $5,000
This parcel is north of 124th Ave. S. (CR 16) within the upstream mitigation area. All structures have been removed from this former residential property.
Property Taxes: $0 (2022)
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Available for public sale
This is one of several parcels that are small strips of land along an existing county road. OIN 5024Y is 4.04 acres, OIN 5214Y is 1.65 acres, and OIN 5278Y is 1.6 acres. The parcels are associated with an active farmland lease for the 2023 farming season. Leases have been offered to the owners that retained the larger part of these three parcels.
Property Taxes: $1,041.99 (2022)
Restrictions: Flowage Easement
Purchase Status: Available for public sale
Price Per Acre: $4,500
This parcel is in the NW corner of the intersection of Cass County Hwy 17 and 50th Street SE and is in the Upstream Mitigation Area. The former structures on this parcel have been removed. The parcel is not impacted by construction of the FM Area Diversion project.
Property Taxes: $2,033.06 (2020)
Restrictions: Flowage easement
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price Per Acre: $5,500
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This parcel is on 50th Street SE, about one mile east of I-29 in
the upstream mitigation area.
Property Taxes: $882.50 (2023)
Restrictions: Flowage easement; temporary construction easement on 2.96 acres for 3 years
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price Per Acre: $6,700
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This parcel is on the unprotected side of the southern embankment, near Reach 2B. It requires a flowage easement as well as a temporary construction easement on 2.96 acres of it for the next 3 years.
Property Taxes: $3,779 (2022)
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
The southern portion of this parcel is tillable farmland and the northern portion is pastureland that has been leased as pastureland. For 2023, the southern portion of OIN 507Y is leased for farming at $150 per acre and the northern portion is leased as pastureland for $20 per acre. This rate is lower than standard leases due to the broken water well on the property, which will cost approximately $11,000 to replace.
Property Taxes: $2,727.47 (2020)
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price per Acre: $6,000
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This small, square parcel is north of the Red River Structure, off of 175th Avenue Southeast. It is subject to Pleasant Township setback limits.
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price per Acre: $7,500/acre for tillable land and $1,000/acre for WWG acreage
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This triangular-shaped parcel is on the south side of the stormwater diversion channel and is northeast of I-29.
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price per Acre: $8,500/acre
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These two triangular-shaped parcels, one of 28.5 acres and one at 1.79 acres, lie on the north side of the stormwater diversion channel and northeast of I-29.
Property Taxes: None recorded
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price per Acre: $8,500/acre for tillable and $5,000/acre of WWG acreage
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This rectangular parcel lies along the south side of the stormwater diversion channel and is northeast of I-29.
Property Taxes: None recorded
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price per Acre: $8,500/acre
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This triangular-shaped parcel is along the north side of the stormwater diversion channel and northeast of I-29. It previously had a temporary construction easement, but it is no longer needed.
Property Taxes: None recorded
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Offered to member entities
Price per Acre: $8,500/acre
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This parcel lies along the south side of the stormwater diversion channel and northeast of I-29.
Property Taxes: $552.41 (2023) for the entire parcel from which this remnant was taken
Restrictions: Temporary construction easement
Purchase Status: Sale pending
Price Per Acre: $8,500
This parcel remnant lies immediately east of I-29, south of the Wild Rice River. A strip of the land will be needed for a temporary construction easement to build portion SE-3 of the southern embankment. It has been leased for farming since 2020.
Property Taxes: $1,176.36 (2021)
Restrictions: Flowage Easement
Purchase Status: Sale pending
Price Per Acre: $1,600
This parcel is off of 50th St SE in the Upstream Mitigation Area associated with the FM Area Diversion project. It is a former residential property that has had all structures removed from the property. It is not impacted by construction of the FM Area Diversion project.
Property Taxes: $1,343.69 (2021)
Restrictions: Flowage Easement
Purchase Status: Sale pending
Price Per Acre: $2,700
Parcel is along the east side of Cass County Highway 17 between 49th Street SE and 50th Street SE. The parcel is in Zone 1 of the Upstream Mitigation Area and the sale will require a flowage easement on the parcel to ensure no further development, although the land can be farmed or leased. The former structures on this parcel have been removed.
Property Taxes: $0 (2023)
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Sale pending
Price Per Square Foot: $0.50
Property Taxes: $0 (2023)
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Sale pending
Price Per Square Foot: $0.50
Property Taxes: $0 (2023)
Restrictions: None
Purchase Status: Sale pending
Price Per Square Foot: $0.50
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