On September 15th, at 7:00PM(CT) in the Beulah Civic Center there will be a Community Mitigation Workshop for all Mercer County Residents. Join mitigation advisors and a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) specialist from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at a workshop for property owners on flood clean up and reducing damages from the effects of future flooding and severe storms.
Note: Every $1 spent on mitigation saves $7 in future damage costs.
September 15, 2011 Mitigation Workshop at the Beulah Civic Center, Beulah ND
Mercer and Oliver Counties in ND can expect Severe Weather Conditions for Friday, July 8th, 2011
The Bismarck Weather Service is reporting that on Friday afternoon and evening, July 8th, 2011, the Mercer and Oliver County Areas will have conditions favorable for Large Hail (golf size or larger), Super Cell Thunderstorms (with rain amounts 1 inch or more with possible Flash Floods in these areas), damaging winds up to 70 mph and tornados. Please keep up-to-date on the weather at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bis/ or listen to your local weather station. If a “Tornado Warning” is issued, which means that tornadoes have been spotted, the Mercer-Oliver 911 Reverse system will automatically send out a call to all persons in the area designated in the Watch. But remember, this system is not full proof. Please watch the local weather, the sky and KEEP YOURSELF SAFE!
Missouri River Update for Mercer County, ND on June 6th, 2011
Pick City Water situation update: Jim Hubbert %Engineer for North Central Rural Water Consortium(NCRWC) reports this morning that the emergency rural water line for Pick City has been laid across the Dam, but waiting for the go ahead from the Corps of Engineers to turn it on. Expect this project to be completed by late tomorrow, June 7th, 2011.
Stanton City flood preparations update: City of Stanton has filled 13,000 sandbags and used them to protect the southeast lift station and 3-4 manholes on the east side of the city. The clay/rock plug that has been placed in the City Park on the south side of the boat dock, has only the rock face to complete and crews are working on this now. The ¼ mile long clay dike has been placed around the life station at the corner of Main St/South Av and goes along the east side of Stanton north to the corner of McGrath Av/Arthur St. This dike should be completed by tomorrow.
River Watch Information received today:Garrison (In operation since 1955)
Midnight Elevation
* 1853.5 ft msl
* 24-hr Change (-0.1 ft)
Daily Avg. Inflow
* 100,000 cfs (5 Jun)
* 120,000 cfs (4 Jun)
Daily Avg. Release
* 115,300 cfs (5 Jun)
* 114,300 cfs (4 Jun)
Annual Flood Ctrl & Multi-Use Zone (Elevation)
* 1837.5 ft msl – 1850 ft msl
Exclusive Flood Ctrl Zone (Elevation)
* 1850 ft msl – 1854 ft msl
Top of Spillway Gates
* 1854 ft msl
River Stage (Bismarck)
* 17.23 (0715 CDT 6 Jun)
* Flood stage – 16 ft
* 17.35 (0815 CDT 5 Jun)
Planned Scheduled Releases (Subject to Change)
* Releases will be stepped up to 150,000 cfs by mid June.
* Reservoir will use several feet of surcharge storage above exclusive flood control pool as spillway gates are raised.
* First time in history, spillway gates will be used to pass floodwaters.
Record Pool Elevation (Year)
* 1854.8 msl (1975)
Record Flow (Year)
* 65,000 cfs (1975)
Projected Record Flow (Date)
* 150,000 cfs (Mid June)
Request for Aerial Photos: As of 4:30 pm on June 6th, a request for the Civil Air Patrol to take periodic aerial photos of “area of concern” for the City of Stanton was made. The Area of Concern is the Islands north and east of Stanton, that hold back the main body of the Missouri River and it’s current. If the Islands that are East and North of Stanton get eroded away by the Missouri River’s high flows and strong currents, there is a very real chance that the River would be able to cut into the old river channel. At the mouth of this old river channel is where the clay/rock plug is located. Once a current got into this area and got past the plug, Stanton’s Lift Station and Lagoon area could be compromised.
City of Stanton, ND Continues Work on City Park Clay/Rock Plug
At the Stanton City Park looking south and east on June 6th, 2011, 11:30 AM.
Missouri River Situation Update for Mercer County, ND on June 3, 2011
FYI… as of noon on Friday, June 03, 2011:
After meeting with the Corp’s Engineer Dan Pridal, the City of Stanton has decided to place a clay and rock plug in at the northeast side of the City Park and to build a 4 foot clay/rock dike 1/4 mile long along the southeast side of Stanton, which will protect all infrastructure that could be threatened by the Missouri River if the Clay plug at the park would not hold. So along with the plug in the park they will also have the dike, which should help the Stanton residents feel a little better. Of course the situation will continue to be monitored, no one really knows what the Missouri River will do at 150,000 cfs for an extended period of time or how much damage the river’s current is capable of.
Pick City’s rural water line was cut this morning at 9:00 AM. A schedule is being coordinated for getting a portable water truck to start hauling water for the city by tomorrow. Work is being done to install an overland water pipe that would replace the broken rural water line, they expect this job to take at least one week. All Pick City residents are asked to conserve water as much as possible until the overland water pipe project is completed.
