Red River of the North at Fargo

The past week

What floods at each level

• 40.84 ft

  RECORD FLOOD. March 28, 2009 (instantaneous measurement).

• 40 ft

  25th Street S bridge over Rose Coulee closes (Fargo).

• 39 ft

  36th Street S bridge and 40th Avenue S bridge over Drain 27 close (Fargo).

• 38.5 ft

  11th Street N is closed near 28th Avenue N (Moorhead).

• 38 ft

  28th Avenue North is closed at Ditch #41 (Moorhead).

• 37.5 ft

  Oakport Street N is closed near 50th Avenue N (Moorhead).

• 37 ft

  Convent Bridge at 52nd Ave S is closed (Fargo).

• 36 ft

  Placing of sandbags starts if the river is forecast to rise above 38 ft (Fargo).

• 34 ft

  Northern Pacific Ave (Fargo)/Center Ave (Moorhead) bridge clearance.

• 33 ft

  Wall Street Avenue N is closed (Moorhead).

• 32 ft

  Removable floodwalls installed along 2nd Street (Fargo). 1st Avenue N bridge across Red River closed.

• 31 ft

  1st Avenue N underpass is closed (Moorhead).

• 30 ft

  MAJOR FLOOD.

• 28 ft

  Rivershore Drive underpass at I-94 is closed (Moorhead). 12th Avenue N/15th Avenue N bridge over Red River is closed (Fargo/Moorhead).

• 25 ft

  MODERATE FLOOD. City parks and recreation areas along the river begin to flood (Fargo). All storm sewer lift stations are in operation (Fargo).

• 21 ft

  3rd Street underpass is closed (Moorhead).

• 19 ft

  Low-level dam south of Main Ave is closed (Fargo).

• 18 ft

  MINOR FLOOD. Elm St between 14th and 15th Ave N is closed (Fargo). Storm sewer pump stations are beginning to operate (Fargo).

• 17 ft

  ACTION STAGE/FORECAST SERVICE STAGE. Water rises to the edge of the bike path at El Zagal bowl along Elm St N between 14th and 15th Ave (Fargo).

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