Red River of the North at Wahpeton

The past week

What floods at each level

• 22.5 ft

  Top of the permanent dike.

• 18 ft

  Close dike openings at Minnesota St (MN) and Dakota St (ND). Close dike openings at railroad bridge (requires removal of railroad tracks).

• 17.5 ft

  RECORD FLOOD. Post-Diversion Flood of Record (March 24, 2009). Post-1900 Flood Flow of Record (10.4 kcfs on March 24, 2009).

• 16.5 ft

  City mobilizes as patrolling of levees and storm sewer outlets begins.

• 16 ft

  Wells Park floods. Flooding of a portion of the sanitary sewer system begins.

• 15 ft

  MAJOR FLOOD. Wahpeton storm sewer outlets and Main Sreet closed.

• 13.5 ft

  North Main Street and bridge closed (Breckenridge).

• 13 ft

  MODERATE FLOOD. Start to put up flood wall (Breckenridge) if river is forecast to go above 15 feet.

• 12 ft

  Storm sewer valves are closed and interior pumping begins (Breckenridge).

• 11.6 ft

  Otter Tail River water starts to flow into the Breckenridge Diversion. Water on Main Street (Breckenridge).

• 11 ft

  MINOR FLOOD.

• 9.5 ft

  ACTION STAGE/FORECAST SERVICE STAGE.

• 8 ft

  Otter Tail River starts to overflow downstream of Highway 75 bridge. This breakout flow will enter the Red River 600 feet downstream of the gage. As stage rises, water fans out and floods the entire east side of bottomlands.

• 7 ft

  Close storm sewer outfalls.

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