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Current Maple River Levels
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The sandbag filling machine gets a workout at Sandbag Central in the Tire Warehouse.
Hesco dikes go up on the south bank of the Sheyenne at the north end of Valley Street on Wednesday, March 17
- Berube Creek running over Forest Street on Wednesday March 17. That block of Forest Street is closed off with sandbags diverting the water.
Bulldozer construction access road from city-owned clay pit on east hill to Hwy 27 on Monday, March 15.
Spectators Please Stay Away From Work Areas!
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging livestock producers with animals in low-lying areas in flood-prone parts of the state to move them to higher ground.
“Last winter and spring, North Dakota lost more than 90,000 of head of livestock due to harsh winter conditions and subsequent spring flooding. Many animals were cut off from feed when the quick melt-off of heavy snow accumulations left them stranded,” Goehring said. “There is certainly the potential for similar conditions this year.”
Goehring said the situation appears to be most serious in southeastern North Dakota along the Red River, Sheyenne River and James River basins. Read the rest of this entry »
(Photo By Terri Kelly Barta) Kevin Baumgard, engineer, Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, jots down a few notes while waiting for Governor Hoeven to arrive in Lisbon as County Commissioner Kevin Bishop (left) looks on.
(Photo By: Terri Kelly Barta) Governor Hoeven speaks to Morrie Saxerud, flood coordinator and Mayor Ross Cole on his visit to Lisbon on Tuesday, March 16. Kevin Bishop, county commissioner, listens intently in the background.
Here they come! Clay for the dikes is rolling into town at Harris and 5th Ave on the way to diking behind the Opera House in Lisbon. (Tuesday, March 16)
Quam Construction truck dumps clay behind the Opera House for dike construction along the Sheyenne River in Lisbon on Tuesday, March 16
Current Sheyenne River Level
Current Maple River Level
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