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September 2012

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Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Flood Risk

Management Project

US Army Corps of Engineers

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Flood Diversion Board of Authority meeting

June 12, 2014

Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Flood Risk

Management Project

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Monthly Update

Maple River Physical Model

Cemetery Study

Authorization

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Fargo-Moorhead - 2009

Presentation Outline

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Corps Monthly Update

Maple River Aqueduct Physical Modeling

continues

Oxbow/Hickson/Bakke Levee design

continues

Assisting with In-Town Levee design

Continuing design of Reach 5

Cemetery Study

Continued coordination with MnDNR for

their EIS process

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Maple River Aqueduct

Ice Study

Across aqueduct structure

Along Maple River and Spillway

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Work continues on the model

Site Visit: 24 July 2014

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Cemetery Study

Study Goals ► Inventory all sites in FMM vicinity

► Establish POCs for sites

► Gather information on effects of flooding

► Develop list of mitigation options

► Form basis for development of Mitigation Plan

► Conduct site visits/Interviews: October 2013

3 Study Areas ► Benefited Area (30 sites)

► Staging Area (7 sites)

► Upstream of Staging Area (15 sites)

Inventory was thorough but additional

sites may be identified

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Diversion

Channel

Staging Area

Red River

CR 46

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Cemetery Study Staging Area

1. Clara (Clay County)

2. Comstock (Clay County)

3. Hemnes (Richland County)

4. Hoff (Clay County)

5. Lower Wild Rice and Red River (LWRRR)

(Cass Co.)

6. North Pleasant (Cass Co.)

7. Roen Family (Clay Co.)

Flood depths WITHOUT the Project in

place range from 0 ft. - 6.2 ft. (100-yr)

3 cemeteries would be flooded without a

Project in place (LWRRR, Hoff, Clara)

Flood depths WITH the Project in place

range from 0.3 ft. - 14.2 ft.

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Cemetery Study

Upstream of Staging Area

15 Cemeteries identified

Inundation depths without the Project

in place range from 0-5.2 ft.

Of the 15 cemeteries, 4 would be

impacted by the Project

South Pleasant Church

South Pleasant

Wolverton-Salem

Eagle Valley

Additional-depth impacts range

between 0.1 ft. and 0.5 ft.

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Staging Area

Abercrombie,

ND

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Cemetery Study

Benefited Area

► 19 cemeteries that currently flood

(0.9 - 4.6 ft. depth) would be

protected with the diversion in place.

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Diversion

Channel

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Cemetery Study

Potential Mitigation Options

Clean up

Anchoring gravestones

Bank armoring

Protective berms

Flowage Easement

Relocation (unlikely)

Next Steps

Post Cemetery Study to www.fmdiversion.com

Communication with Impacted Cemeteries

Work with impacted sites

Develop a Mitigation Plan

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Individual Site Map

http://www.fmdiversion.com/

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WRRDA

SEC. 7002. AUTHORIZATION OF FINAL FEASIBILITY

STUDIES. The following final feasibility studies for water

resources development and conservation and other

purposes are authorized to be carried out by the

Secretary substantially in accordance with the plan, and

subject to the conditions, described in the respective

reports designated in this section:

Fargo-Moorhead Metro Dec. 19, 2011

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Project Authorization

Colonel Koprowski, Commander St. Paul

District:

“Receiving authorization for construction is

the most important event in a project's

history. Congress is saying it's within the

public interest to build and makes it eligible

for construction funding. This project is one

of the top priorities of the Corps’ Mississippi

Valley Division, and we will continue to work

hand-in-hand with our local partners to

ensure flood risk reduction is provided in a

timely manner.“

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