This program educates individuals who live and work in floodplains on flood hazards and the actions that those individuals can take to reduce property damage and prevent the loss of life. The program’s objective is to foster public understanding of the options for dealing with flood hazards and to promote prudent use and management of the nation’s floodplains.

The program provides the full range of technical services and planning guidance that is needed to support effective floodplain management. The most common types of studies focus on floodplain delineation, flood hazard evaluation, dam break analysis, hurricane evacuation planning, flood warning and preparedness, regulatory floodway analysis, comprehensive floodplain management, flood risk reduction, urbanization impacts, storm water management, floodproofing, and inventory of flood-prone structures. The program also aids with conducting workshops and seminars on nonstructural floodplain management measures such as floodproofing.

Location

Projects in the Floodplain Management Services program occur throughout North Dakota. The Souris River Basin Discharge-Frequency Curve Study targets the north-central North Dakota counties of Renville and Bottineau in the Souris River basin.

Description

This project was initiated through an ongoing partnership with the North Dakota Department of Water Resources. The products are updated discharge-frequency curves for the U.S. Geological Survey gages for the Souris River near Sherwood, North Dakota, and Westhope, North Dakota. This project was performed as part of a larger ongoing multi-agency effort to update all the discharge-frequency curves in North Dakota. This analysis required advanced technical expertise due the significant amount of reservoir storage regulation of the Souris River flows at these gages.

Status

USACE has completed the discharge-frequency curves and supporting deliverables for this study for our project partner, the North Dakota Department of Water Resources.