Image is updated daily. Click to view older photos. Temperature is displayed in kelvin (K). Time is displayed in GMT.
Obelisk showing peak water-surface elevation of five major Red River floods.
Image is updated daily. Click to view older photos. Temperature is displayed in kelvin (K). Time is displayed in GMT.
Videos
Video of Maple River Dam, Reservoir, and spillway, April 13, 2009
Video of ice flowing on the Heart River, Mandan, North Dakota, taken from the Fort Lincoln Trolley Bridge in Mandan This ice was a major contributor to the Missouri River ice jam south of Bismarck. Sunday, March 22, 2009, 7:58PM Dave Aeschliman, U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Crews Measure Severe Flooding in Fargo, N.D. (March 26, 2009):Windows MediaQuicktime
USGS Crews Measure Severe Flooding in Fargo, N.D. (March 27, 2009):Windows MediaQuicktime
Discovery Channel News: The Challenge Of Flood Prediction Predicting the height of a flood is important when lives are at stake. A USGS expert talks about the process. Friday, March 27, 2009
Cannonball River from bridge on State Rte 8. March 22, 2009
Beaver Creek below Linton, ND. March 23, 2009.
Time-lapse images from USGS camera at Midtown Dam, Fargo/Moorhead Photo taken on Fargo side (Dike East) looking across to Moorhead side Pressure in inches of merury.
Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. Downstream from USGS Fargo streamflow gage.