Grand Forks Part II
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PSiedTSi;267260 wrote:
Has anyone looked at Moorhead's maps? They are just basic FEMA 100/500yr floodplain maps. Useless IMO. How do you make sense of the damn floodplains compared to the crests?I am not familiar with Moorhead. The dikes in Fargo are good to about 40' with sandbagging in certain areas. They can only go so high and bag the critical areas. Once it is breached Fargo will see levels like in 1897. The Dike West is at 41.3 . I believe it is the tallest earthen dike in Fargo. Moorhead level is at 40'.
Main Avenue, looking west in 1897
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PSiedTSi;267260 wrote:
Has anyone looked at Moorhead's maps? They are just basic FEMA 100/500yr floodplain maps. Useless IMO. How do you make sense of the damn floodplains compared to the crests?My dad and I where looking at maps on the clay county website. You could raise and lower the water level and look at where the water would be.
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41.3 Fargo...Top elevation of the Island Park permanent levee.
40.2 Fargo...Top elevation of the emergency levees.
40.0 Fargo...Top of the Island Park dike. Moorhead...Red River is lapping at the base of the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center.
39.8 Fargo...Top of the Veteran Affairs Center dike.
38.2 Fargo...Convent Bridge at 52nd Avenue South is closed.
36.3 Fargo...Clearance height of 1st Avenue bridge.
35.0 Moorhead...Actions taken to prevent storm sewers from backing up. -
KA-T_240;267264 wrote:
My dad and I where looking at maps on the clay county website. You could raise and lower the water level and look at where the water would be.HAHAHA I just looked at that, pretty funny that they show Moorhead all the way up to 44' but in Fargo it stops at 40'.
When people began to settle here Moorhead was suppose to be the big town because of the higher ground.
Here is a link to some 1897 flood picts
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Yeah, my mother is screwed at 42ft according to the map lol, she lives in like the geographic center of Moorhead...not good lol.
Bill, what cause the other to happen? The differences in state government(ie, taxes)? I know Moorhead was kinda known as a "Tavern town" back in the day.
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Here is some history
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My house in Moorhead is safe even up to 44 ft. However at 42 ft I will be sandbagging.
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i will throw this out there now, but if anyone ends up need to sandbag their place, hit me up and ill come help.
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Talked to my dad tonight. Evidently were redoing our whole flood wall up to 41'. We need One more person who is skilled in carpentry/structure design. If anyone is willing to help on saturday get some free lunch beer, text or call me @ 388-4792. there will be all the equiptment we need and 5 other carpenters here.
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