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ND Highway 11, 4 miles south of Forman and ND Highway 32, 6 miles north of Lisbon has water near the road and is rapidly rising. Motorists should use caution when approaching these segments of roadway. Traffic speeds are currently normal, but could change due to rising water.
Volunteers began laying sandbags across Hwy 27 bridge on Monday evening, March 22, at about 8:30 pm. The bridge was closed from Monday evening until Tuesday. Ice jams caused the river to rise and begin lapping over onto the highway in spots.
One of many large ice chunks on the north side of the Hwy 46 bridge in Enderlin. The ice jam marked the crest of the Maple River in Enderlin. The Maple crested at 7 A.M. on Friday, March 19 at 12.69 ft.
Water has receded on ND Highway 27 bridge over the Sheyenne River in Lisbon and is now open. The bridge was closed due to flooding.
Taken in Sandager Park near the skateboard park facing northeast. The shed on the right is near Hole 1 of Lisbon Bissell Golf Course. (Photo taken by Terri Kelly Barta)
The backhoe breaks on ice jam near the Hwy 27 bridge on Monday, March 22nd. (Photo by Terri Kelly Barta)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will maintain Baldhill Dam at a discharge of 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) throughout the next week.
Releases from Baldhill Dam are based on forecasted inflows from the National Weather Service. The Corps must balance inflows and outflows so that the Baldhill Dam emergency spillway is not overtopped. The NWS has forecasted that the Sheyenne River will crest in Valley City, March 24, at 15 feet. Read the rest of this entry »
Terry Arneson, D’s Excavating Service, operates a backhoe on the west side of the North (Higway 32) bridge in Lisbon on Monday, March 22. The backhoe broke up the ice there, and at the Highway 27 and the Jackson Avenue bridges a little later. Ice jams are an expected problem with spring flooding.
By Terri Kelly Barta
Ice started jamming the north bridge in Lisbon on Monday, March 22, to the point where it had be be broken by a backhoe to allow the river to flow under the bridge. The ice jams caused the river to rise to 18.27’ by noon that day.
The Sheyenne River at Lisbon was predicted to crest at under 17’ by noon on Saturday, March 20, but Mother Nature had a glitch in the way of ice jams.
Starting on Sunday afternoon, the Sheyenne River at Fort Ransom had ice jams almost up to the dam, according to Pastor Dave Carlson who took pictures of it. Daleyn Baasch’s D’s excavating took care of those and then was called to Lisbon for the same problem. Read the rest of this entry »
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