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French Lick Creek flood, IN.

Flooded U.S.

USGS personnel checking the flooded gage house on the Sheyenne River near Lisbon, North Dakota, April 22, 2011.  At this time streamflow was approximately 7,450 cubic feet per second and gage height (stage) was 21.23 feet.  More information about this streamgage is available online

Flooded gaging station on the Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, April 20, 2011.  See other pictures in this gallery with the tag 05124000 to see what the gage house normally looks like - it is on a raised platform on the bank of the river with an access road next to it.

Note muskrat on metal railing in far left-hand-side of picture.

Control for pool 357 on the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge during flooding on Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, April 20, 2011.

Flooded gaging station and cableway on the Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, April 20, 2011.  See other pictures in this gallery with the tag 05124000 to see what the gage house normally looks like - it is on a raised platform on the bank of the river with an access road next to it.

Note muskrat on metal railing in center of picture.

Flooding on the Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, April 19, 2009, made the area look like a lake rather than a river.

Flooded gaging station on the Souris River near Westhope, North Dakota, April 19, 2011.  See other pictures in this gallery with the tag 05124000 to see what the gage house normally looks like - it is on a raised platform on the bank of the river.

The inside of the Westhope gage house 05124000 located along the Souris River on April 19, 2011. With a discharge of 13,300 cfs and a gage height of 19.82 feet.

The Maple River Dam is a pass-through dam that lets a limited amount of water flow through year round and fills the reservoir only during high flow. If the water rises high enough to fill the reservoir, water flows over the spillway shown in this photo.  Video taken at the same time is available online. 

This picture was taken from a airplane flying out of Grand Forks on April 14, 2011. Looking north from Grand Forks, ND. You can see flooded I-29 and the isolated town of Oslo, MN.

This picture was taken from a airplane flying out of Grand Forks on April 14, 2011. Looking north at Oslo, MN.

This picture was taken from a airplane flying out of Grand Forks on April 14, 2011. Looking north from Grand Forks, ND. You can see flooded I-29 and the isolated town of Oslo, MN.

James River above Arrowwood Lake near Kensal, North Dakota flooding on April 13. James River had a streamflow of 6,550 cubic feet per second and stage of 13.84 feet.

Water flowing over the baffles of the overflow chute at streamgage 05059715 Maple River Dam near Sheldon, North Dakota.

Looking at the Sorlie Bridge at Grand Forks, ND from downstream.

Embden 1 is a surface-water site. The 2.0- foot flume sites just north of this data shelter for Embden sites 1 and 2.

Matt Lindsey (USGS) and Lori Clark (Cass County WCD) collecting samples at Embden 3. Embden 3 is a 60-degree V trapezoidal flume in a bured concreate culvert located on the other side of the north-south road east of the large data shelter.

This picture was taken from the top of the Oslo, MN exit looking southwest, on April 13, 2011.

Discovery Farm Dazey waterway site 3 located southeast of Dazey, North Dakota. Dazey waterway saite 3 is the most downstream data shelter at farm- added larger 2.5 foot flume and reinforced metal weir after 2009 spring runoff flow damaged site.

Collecting Samples at Embden 3. Embden 3 is a 60-degree V trapezoidal flume in a bured concreate culvert located on the other side of the north-south road east of the large data shelter. The flow is measured and sampled from the V flume underground and periodic QW grab samples are taken form the blue pipe attached to the end of the flume.