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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Park River Flood Protection Project at Grafton, North Dakota
Location/Description
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Grafton is in Walsh County, in North Dakota, along the Park River, a tributary of the Red River of the North. The city is about 340 miles northwest of the Twin Cities.
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Status
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The Corps of Engineers initiated a General Reevaluation Report in January 2000. The report reevaluated the plan presented in the January 1983 General Design Memorandum. The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works approved the report in May 2004. A project Cooperation Agreement execution and start of construction was placed on hold in June 2004 at the non-federal sponsor's request. The sponsor is considering resuming this process. The most recent action was to respond to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works /Office of Management and Budget review questions in December 2007.
Recurrent flooding along the South Branch and main stem Park River has caused significant problems for Grafton. In 1950, the largest flood of record inundated almost the entire city. The project location and the major features are shown in the diagram in the next column.
Key features of the report recommended plan are as follows:
A 2.9-mile bypass channel to carry flows in excess of 2,000 cubic feet per second past the city.
Tieback and bypass channel levees to prevent overland flooding.
Control, diversion, and erosion control structures.
Two railroad bridges and a highway bridge.
The report accounted for considerable new development that in and around the city since the 1983 reanalyzed the hydrology in light of a major spring flood in 1997.
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Authority
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The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 authorized the construction of a flood risk management project on the Park River at Grafton. The project was subsequently deauthorized in 1991. Section 364 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, Public Law 106-53, reauthorized the project.
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Fiscal
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Federal funds of $1 million have been authorized for completion of the report and the plans and specifications for the first stage of construction. Grafton's share for these products is $333,000. The report estimate of fully funded project costs for the flood control project was $32,714,000, with Grafton's share at 25 percent or $8,178,000, October 2002 price levels. Costs updated to October 2007 price levels are $41 million with Grafton's share at 25 percent or $10,250,000. The current benefit-cost ratio is 1.85.
This project was not included in the president's budget for fiscal year 2008.
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