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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.

While the Souris River is in the throes of record high flooding in Minot, N.D., O.C. Fisher Lake near San Angelo, Texas has been experiencing the exact opposite for a number of years now - a ground-cracking drought.

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.

Souris River upstream of the Sherwood, ND gage.

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.

 Souris River near Sherwood, North Dakota. A USGS streamflow gage is located at this site, left of the house by some trees. Streamflow was approximately 26,700 cubic feet per second, stage approximately 27.79 feet, on June 23, 2011.

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

 Souris River flooding oil wells in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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

The Souris River flooding Minot, ND.

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.

Looking to the southwest at the Garrison Dam Spillway located to the left in this picture and the Garrison Dam located to the right in this picture.

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

The spillway releasing 150,000 cfs, with all 28 spillway gates open.

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

The Garrison Dam Spillway will all 28 gates open, releasing 150,000 cfs on June 23, 2011.

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

The Missouri River near Bismarck, North Dakota.

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

The Heart River meeting the Missouri River. The Heart River is toward the back of the photo. Also in the photo is the Bank of North Dakota, along with the Liberty Memorial Bridge and to the left the Expressway Bridge.

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