Minnesota · Off-grid & homestead potential
Otter Tail County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths are low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (26.7″/yr). The trade-offs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and a short, cold growing season (41.3°F avg).
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Otter Tail County is a solid bolthole (54/100). Its strengths: low extraction and seizure exposure and decent rainfall (26.7″/yr). Watch-outs: elevated natural-hazard exposure and a short, cold growing season (41.3°F avg).
Land in Otter Tail County runs about $3,840 per acre, based on the latest county data.
Otter Tail County gets about 26.7" of rain a year, with severe drought in roughly 4.2% of years.
The nearest major metro is about 58 miles away, and population density is 30.7 people per square mile.