Projects & Studies
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Benton County near St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Canisteo Mine Pit Flood Control Project, Itasca County, Minn.
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Chippewa River at Big Bend , Minnesota - Stream Bank Protection
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Crow River at Delano, Minnesota
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Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota
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Devils Lake Flood Risk Management Project
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Devils Lake Levee, North Dakota
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Devils Lake: Minnewaukan Flood Control Project, North Dakota
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Drayton Initial Assessment - Drayton, North Dakota
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Emergency Streambank Protection, Section 14, Brooklyn Center, Minn.
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Erosion along Highway 2, Red Lake River, Crookston, MN
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Fargo-Moorhead and Upstream Feasibility Study
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Flood Control: Downtown St. Paul Airport, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management Continuing Authority, Red River of the North: Wahpeton, N.D.
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Flood Risk Management: Fargo-Moorhead Metro, North Dakota and Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Red Lake River, Crookston, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Roseau River, Roseau, Minnesota
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Flood Risk Management: Twin Valley, Wild Rice River, Minnesota
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Hay Creek Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration - Roseau County, Minnesota
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Homme Dam and Reservoir Dam Safety, North Dakota
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Integrated Watershed Study: Minnesota River Basin in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa
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Kickapoo River Flood Damage Reduction, La Farge, Wisconsin
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Lac Qui Parle River, Dawson, Minnesota
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Marsh Creek near Mahnomen, Minnesota
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Minnesota River Flood Control Project : Montevideo, Minnesota
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Minnesota River Flood Control Project, at Granite Falls, Minnesota
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Mississippi Headwaters Reservoirs Project Sites
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Newport, Minnesota Flood Risk Management Project, Section 205
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Painter Creek Habitat Restoration, Minnehaha Creek, Minnesota
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Park River Flood Protection Project at Grafton, North Dakota
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Pembina River Flood Control Project: Neche, North Dakota
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Reconnaissance Study: Minnesota River Basin in MN, SD, IA and ND
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Red River of the North Basin: Basin-Wide Watershed Management Planning
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Red River of the North Basin: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba, Reconnaissance Study
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Red River of the North Flood Control: Breckenridge, Minnesota
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Red River of the North at Grand Forks, North Dakota/East Grand Forks, Minnesota Flood Risk Management
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Ridgewood Addition, Fargo, North Dakota
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River Resource Values and Expectation
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Roads Serving As Water Barriers, Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota
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Sand Creek Flood Risk Management Project, Jordan, Minnesota
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Section 205 Flood Control Project, Borup, Minnesota
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Section 205 Flood Control Study: Mississippi River, Aitkin, Minnesota
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Sheyenne River Flood Control, West Fargo, North Dakota
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Sheyenne River, Baldhill Pool Raise, North Dakota
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South Fork Zumbro River Flood Control: Rochester, Minnesota
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South Washington Watershed District
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Stillwater Flood and Retaining Wall Project, St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota
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Stream Bank Protection: Section 14, Pug Hole Lake, Minnesota
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Western Flood Control Sites - Minnesota: Lake Traverse, Orwell Lake, Hwy 75 - Bigstone, Lac qui Parle
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Western Flood Control Sites – North Dakota: Lake Ashtabula, Homme Lake Souris River
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White Rock Dam Safety, Wheaton, Minnesota
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Wild Rice River (MN) Feasibility Study
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Wild Rice and Marsh Rivers, Ada, Minnesota
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Newport, Minnesota Flood Risk Management Project, Section 205
Location/Description/Background
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In 1969 and 1971, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built two emergency levees, shown on the figure above, to provide temporary protection for a sanitary sewage lift station and approximately 40 homes in Newport, Minn. The emergency levees were built under the authority of Public Law 84-99, Flood Emergency Preparation. Emergency measures built under this authority are the responsibility of the non-federal sponsor. Under this program, the sponsor is typically advised of its responsibility to remove the temporary levees, at no cost to the government, after the threat for which the levees were constructed subsides. In this case, the city of Newport has not removed the levees.
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In 1999, Newport asked the Corps, under the authority of the Section 205 Program, to initiate a study to determine the feasibility of building a permanent flood risk management project. The first step in the study process is to prepare an initial appraisal report to determine if the problem (1) is within the authority of the program, (2) has potential to be a viable project, and (3) is in the interest of the federal government and non-federal sponsor to continue into a cost-shared feasibility study.
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In 2001 and 2002, structural alternatives were evaluated as part of the initial appraisal report. The benefit-cost ratio for a structural flood control project was approximately 0.2 and, therefore, not economically justified. Newport has since asked that a nonstructural alternative be studied to incorporate future plans to build a riverfront park. This alternative involves moving certain homes out of the floodplain and elevating others above the 1-percent chance flood. This new alternative appears to be economically justified.
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Status
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The initial appraisal report for the nonstructural approach is scheduled to be completed this year. If a federal interest is identified, a feasibility cost share agreement can be executed.
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Authority
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Section 205 of the 1948 Flood Control Act, as amended.
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Fiscal
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The first $100,000 of planning, design and analysis (reconnaissance study) is conducted at full Federal expense. The cost for the feasibility study is shared 50-percent federal and 50-percent non-federal. The cost of the implementation phase, consisting of the preparation of plans and specifications and construction, is shared 65-percent federal and 35-percent non-federal.
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