Lonsdale sits in Rice County along MN-19 as a growing exurban town between the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. Most homes here were built after the 1990s with poured concrete foundations that typically fail at cold joints and tie holes rather than mortar lines.
Heavy spring snowmelt and summer storms send water against these walls, and the lack of combined sewers means backups are less common than in older Minneapolis neighborhoods. Crews from Minneapolis reach Lonsdale in under an hour via MN-19 to extract water and dry the space before mold sets in.
Downtown Lonsdale and surrounding streets see the same seasonal pattern each year, with water entering at the base of walls where the pour meets the footing.
Around Lonsdale
We regularly work near:
- 📍Lonsdale City Park
- 📍Downtown Lonsdale
- 📍Rice County Fairgrounds
Basement Flood Cleanup in Lonsdale — Local Notes
- •Poured concrete basements in Lonsdale homes commonly leak at cold joints and form tie holes that allow groundwater entry after snowmelt or heavy rain.
- •MN-19 provides direct access for equipment trucks from Minneapolis without the narrow-street constraints found in older Twin Cities neighborhoods.
- •Winter temperatures drop quickly in Rice County, so frozen ground can push additional moisture against foundations once the spring thaw begins.
- •No combined storm and sanitary sewers exist in Lonsdale, reducing sewage-backup risk compared with pre-1940 Minneapolis blocks.
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