Cannon River at Northfield

The past week

What floods at each level

• 903 ft

  Hwy 3 floods north of 5th Street.

• 902 ft

  Hwy 19 Bridge over Spring Creek on Carleton campus floods.

• 901.5 ft

  Water reaches bottom of deck on 2nd Street bridge.

• 901 ft

  Lower windows breached on buildings on west side of river (Froggy's, Law offices).

• 900.5 ft

  Northfield Fire building threatened by flood waters; parking lot flooded, water reaches building.

• 900 ft

  A few properties on east side of river, above the dam, flood near downtown Northfield.

• 899.5 ft

  Water reaches top of wall on east side of town near dam, as well as west side downstream of dam below Froggy's.

• 899 ft

  Laird Stadium at Carleton College begins to flood; west gymnasium threatened.

• 897.5 ft

  Flood waters reach Carleton College soccer fields. Babcock Park north of downtown begins to flood.

• 897 ft

  Water backs up into businesses along river in downtown Northfield. Riverwalk on west side of town begins to flood.

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