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    Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies: Grand Forks Emergency Levee Repairs, North Dakota

    The purpose of this work is to repair the flood control measures that were damaged in the 2023 spring floods in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
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    Flood Risk Management: Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area

    The Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area is a major health, education, cultural and commercial center. The area is prone to flooding. The Red River of the North has exceeded the National Weather Service flood stage of 18 feet in 60 of the past 122 years (1902 through 2024), with seven of the top 10 floods occurring in the last 30 years. Although emergency flood fights have been very successful, the area has a significant risk of catastrophic flooding.

  • Planning Assistance to States: Northern Red River Flood Study

    The objective of this study is to identify and prioritize feasible alternatives that reduce the frequency and duration of interstate and state highway closures due to flooding of the Red River of the North.

  • Planning Assistance to States: Red River Basin Comprehensive Study

    The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of various flood risk reduction measures basin-wide to reduce main stem peak flows by 20% for the larger rare events such as the 0.5% (200-year) and 0.2% (500-year) chance of exceedance floods.

  • Planning Assistance to States: Red River Basin Long-Term Flood Study

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of various flood risk reduction measures basin-wide to reduce main stem peak flows by 20% for the larger rare events such as the 0.5% (200-year) and 0.2% (500-year) chances of exceedance floods.

  • Planning Assistance to States: Red River Main Stem Bathymetry

    The purpose of this study is to gather 444 river miles of main stem channel bathymetry data from White Rock Dam to the Canadian border for the Bois de Sioux and Red River of the North. That data will be combined with terrestrial light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, data of the adjacent terrain to provide a seamless elevation dataset for planning studies.