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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Section 205 Flood Control Study: Mississippi River, Aitkin, Minnesota
Location/Description
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The city of Aitkin is located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern part of Aitkin County, Minnesota. Aitkin and the surrounding rural area have a history of flooding. The most damaging event in recent history occurred in 1950, when 200 residences and 44 businesses were inundated. The city has also experienced floods that required heroic flood fights. The most recent such event occurred in 2001.
The city benefits greatly from the Corps of Engineers' operations of the Headwaters Reservoirs and from the Aitkin diversion project. The Corps constructed the permanent diversion project in 1957. It bypasses a portion of the Mississippi River to the north of Aitkin and allows the bypassed flows to reenter the river at river mile 1040.1. This project provides protection against approximately a 17-year flood event and would reduce the flood stage by about 3 feet in the city for the 100-year event. The Corps reservoirs, constructed in the early 1900s, provide upstream storage that is operated to help reduce flooding in the Aitkin area.
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Status
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Because of the age and degraded condition of the Aitkin diversion, the potential for increased development in the upstream basin and the potential of reduced flood reduction benefits associated with future Headwaters Reservoir operations, the city of Aitkin requested flood control assistance in 2003. In response to this request, the St. Paul District initiated a Section 205 flood control study in January 2004.
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Additional
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The State of Minnesota is interested in assisting the city of Aitkin in the study and in helping with construction of a flood control project, if a federal project is identified.
A favorable reconnaissance study phase was completed in November 2004. It showed a potential federal interest in a nonstructural solution for the city of Aitkin. However, it also recommended waiting to initiate feasibility studies until the future hydrology is established via a completed Mississippi Headwaters Reservoir Operating Plan Evaluation, or ROPE, study. The section 205 study will continue once the hydrology is known and federal funding is available.
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Authority
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The authority for this project is provided by Section 205 of the 1948 Flood Control Act, as amended.
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Fiscal
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If the project is approved, project design and construction costs would be cost shared with the non federal sponsor; operation and maintenance costs would be the responsibility of the non-federal sponsor.
Initial appraisal (recon study) $65,000
Feasibility study TBD
Design and Implementation phase TBD
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