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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Minnesota River Flood Control Project, at Granite Falls, Minnesota
Location/Description
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Granite Falls is located in southwestern Minnesota in Yellow Medicine and Chippewa counties in the upstream portion of the Minnesota River watershed. Flooding problems in the city are associated with both the main stem of the Minnesota River and a secondary channel that runs along the westerly and southerly edges of the city. Floods occur mostly in the spring from snowmelt runoff. The flood of record occurred in April 1997 when a peak stage of 23.9 on the Montevideo, Minn., gage was reached. Portions of the city are protected by existing non-federal levees.
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Status
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A federal interest report on possible solutions to the city's flood related problems was completed in March 1998. The report concluded that the 15th Avenue levee reach had the best potential for being an economically justified federal project. Further investigation of the 15th Avenue reach is being conducted in a feasibility study.
A feasibility cost share agreement was negotiated with the city and executed in April 1999. The study was cost-shared between the city and the federal government. The draft definite project report indicated that nonstructural solutions, including buy-outs and relocations, may be the best method to reduce flood damages in Granite Falls. The study was put on hold because analyses indicate that these nonstructural solutions will not meet the federal benefit-cost ratio criteria.
In the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to implement the locally preferred plan in accordance with the definite project report dated 2002, to the extent practicable. WRDA also increased the federal limit for this project from $7 million to $8 million. In late fiscal year 2008, federal funds were provided to restart this project. The next steps under the cost-shared feasibility phase will include revising the project management plan, finalizing the recommended project scope, preparing environmental documentation, and drafting the Project Partnership Agreement.
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Authority
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Section 205 of the 1948 Flood Control Act, as amended, and WRDA 2007.
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Fiscal
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The first $100,000 of the feasibility study was conducted at full federal expense. The remaining feasibility study costs are conducted using a 50/50 cost sharing formula. The design and implementation phase will be cost shared 65 percent federal and 35 percent non-federal.
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