Images

Alameda Reservoir near Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

The Souris River Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

 Looking north to Alameda Reservoir, in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

The Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge in Bowbells, North Dakota.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Downstream of the Souris River in Minot, North Dakota.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

 The rising Souris River in North Dakota is flooding a lot of land.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

 Des Lacs River in North Dakota.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

 The Des Lacs River coming in to the Souris River. Des Lacs River is the darker water, which is sediment and the Souris River is the lighter water.

>Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

 The Des Lacs River coming to the Souris River. The Des Lacs River is the dark water and the lighter water is the Souris River.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Water being released from spillway at Garrison Dam on the Missouri River between Riverdale and Pick City, North Dakota.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Bridges from top to bottom: Expressway Bridge, Liberty Memorial Bridge, Burlington Northern SantaFe Railway Bridge, and Interstate 94 Grant Marsh Bridge.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Great River Energy Stanton Station is the one to the back and Basin Electric Leland Olds Station is the (blue) closer one in the photo. These are both coal-fired power plants that use the Missouri River water for cooling.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

The Souris River flooding a road near Sherwood, North Dakota.On June 23, 2011, USGS personnel were there to measure the streamflow. Streamflow was approximately 27,100 cubic feet per second, stage approximately 27.98 feet.

Lake Darling near Foxholm, ND.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Boundary Reservoir near Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Rafferty Reservoir near Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Alameda Reservoir near Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Looking east into Minot, ND being flooded by the Souris River. To the left of the photo there is the Highway 83 Bypass and to the bottom of the photo there is Highway 42.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Looking east into Minot, North Dakota.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery and Garrison Dam between Pick City and Riverdale, North Dakota. The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is in the bottom left of the photo.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.

Garrison Dam between Pick City and Riverdale, North Dakota.

Photo taken by USGS personnel on a Civil Air Patrol flight.