PHOTOGRAPHS OF FLOODING IN THE FARG0-MOORHEAD REGION: 2011

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	March 23: Overnight, a blanket of heavy snow + ice buries a pile of sandbags stacked at El Zagal Golf Course. This new snowfall adds ~3 cm of equivalent water-content onto frozen ground, and the subsequent cold weather further delays the spring melt. Red River stage (at Fargo): 16.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 2: The entire width of the actual, dynamic "Red River Valley" is shown in this view from Moorhead looking toward Fargo. The valley carved by the river here is about 500 m, with narrow floodplain occupied by the river. When the river rises above these valley walls, it spills onto the plain left by Lake Agassiz as a shallow, broad, slow-moving flood. Red River stage (at Fargo): 20.3'. © Donald Schwert
	April 2: A clay dike is constructed along the flank of Bridgeview Street in north Moorhead, MN. Several houses on the opposite side of this dike will be unprotected by this structure. All of these houses were constructed since the 1997 flood. Red River stage (at Fargo): 20.3'. © Donald Schwert
	April 2: A clay dike is completed along 15th Ave. N in Moorhead, MN. Red River stage (at Fargo): 20.3'. © Donald Schwert
	April 2: A temporary dike of sand-filled "trap bags" is constructed along Elm St N, Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 20.3'. © Donald Schwert
	April 2: Filling "trap bags" with sand along Elm St N, Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 20.3'. © Donald Schwert
	April 4: Flatbed trailers full of sandbags begin to arrive at 12th Ave. N and Elm St., Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 25.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 4: A parade of Bobcat loaders unloads sandbags at 12th Ave. N and Elm St., Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 25.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 4: Waters have risen on the Red to just the level of clearance for the toll bridge, 12th Ave. N, Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 25.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 4: Elm Street in Fargo is flooded, with the floodwall (far distance) now closed. Red River stage (at Fargo): 25.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 4: The flood-vulnerable clubhouse at El Zagal Golf Course is now mostly barricaded off by high temporary dikes. Red River stage (at Fargo): 25.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 5 and 7: Comparison of flood water levels, Moorhead, MN. April 5 and 7. © Shane Reetz, www.poodus.com.
	April 6: Workers construct a temporary clay dike at 14th Ave. N and Elm St., Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 32.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 6: Workers construct a temporary clay dike at 14th Ave. N and Elm St., Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 32.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 6: Workers construct a temporary clay dike at 14th Ave. N and Elm St., Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 32.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 6: Waters rise near the top of the dike at El Zagal Golf Course. At a level of ~34.0 ft, they will begin to spill over the dike. Red River stage (at Fargo): 32.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 6: A double-barrier of Hesco dikes lines the west size of El Zagal Golf Course at 14th Ave. N in Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 32.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 6: Pallets of sandbags await placement. 2nd St. N at 14th Ave. N, Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 32.5'. © Donald Schwert
	April 7: At sunrise, water spills over the dike at El Zagal Golf Course in Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 34.9'. © Donald Schwert
	April 7: At sunrise, water spills over the dike at El Zagal Golf Course in Fargo, ND. (Movie: *.mov format. This movie is also available on YouTube). Red River stage (at Fargo): 34.9'. © Donald Schwert
	April 7: Crews have worked through the night to construct a temporary dike along 14th Ave. N in Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 34.9'. © Donald Schwert
	April: Red River west of Comstock, Minnesota. The bridge was closed shortly after this photo was taken. © Larry Hansen
	April 7: Floodwaters encroach onto the parking garage of the Moorhead Center Mall, Moorhead, MN. Red River stage (at Fargo): 35.0'. © Shane Reetz, www.poodus.com.
	April 9: Sandbags stockpiled along 6th Ave. N at Oak Grove School, Fargo, ND. Houses in far distance are on the "wrong side" of a temporary clay dike. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 9: Temporary clay dike towers over 2nd Street N in downtown Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 9: Turkeys, displaced by floodwaters, gather next to the Library in downtown Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 9: Turkeys, displaced by floodwaters, trot near City Hall in downtown Fargo, ND. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 9: Red River nears its crest. Looking west toward Fargo from Moorhead, MN. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 9: Overland flooding from the Wild Rice River, south of Fargo, North Dakota. © Larry Hansen
	April 9: Red River nears its crest. Looking northwest toward the Center Avenue Bridge from Moorhead, MN. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Larry Hansen
	April 9: Red River nears its crest. View is from the east side of the Veterans' Memorial Bridge, Moorhead, MN. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Larry Hansen
	April 9: Red River nears its crest. Looking toward downtown Fargo from near 6th Ave. N. Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert
	April 9: Red River nears its crest. Looking west toward Fargo from Moorhead, MN. (Movie: *.mov format). Red River stage (at Fargo): 38.7'. © Donald Schwert