#111*111 b'liillllilillBlll IliliBlSiHilWiSSSSSIilsfiPiiil 111111111111 •iiiiiKmii.iiiiiaiiiiiiP IMMiBi—iHi •SIM IlliBl liiillliiil^^Wllil mm liliiill# §lli«|§ llllllil ••II Httm ISIIB^^lll i^asmm§m§m!|®lll®®ii ;ll:li|liiiili liliiill •«««» lilig r Ski Piivll HBlHlHIB ' .**<» /:• •/ 5 iliilli : •> «'*9 j '• pi:|l||ii:s|ip| ilHUIHIllltil >•+ "•'ISllllllIiliSBIillll IBiiiiiiiWiii::; -mm :;ll®Illi##llliillpl#llfi I»ii«i#ii«l81i«« IlllliiaillilSil liliiill SBMMiill HRKI llillfll llilltil u cx DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION CORPS OF ENGINEERS OMAHA, NEBRASKA fiisil iiift lliliti . I // Hi % TC : 423 'il !ll: .A 15 1975 N. D. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20314 TO OUR READERS: During June, 1975, both the United States Army and the Army Corps of Engineers commemorate their two hundredth anniversaries. And for the past century and a half, the Corps, at the direction of Congress, has planned for the wise use and proper development of America's water resources. The Corps was born in a moment of stress and at a time of great need. The hastily formed continentals desperately needed defensive ramparts for the Battle of Bunker Hill. Our first engineers met the challenge and, since that strife-ridden genesis, the Corps has picked up the gauntlet many times and served well in each national crisis. Corps representatives, civilian and mili­ tary, dedicate themselves to preserving the Nation and enhancing both our way of life and the environment which supports it. The Army Engineers have played a vital role throughout our history — whether at peace or war. In the early decades of our Nation's development, we handled construction of the country's first interstate roads and canals, the first bridges and railroads. Numbered among our many accomplishments, the Corps built the Panama Canal and finished the Washington Monument. Since 1824 the Engineers have been charged with improving rivers and har­ bors, with the responsibility for both the coastal work and the intricate sys­ tem of inland waterways. We are dedicated to serving the people of the United States and responding to their needs. In this tradition, we remain sensitive to the Nation's emphasis on environmental and developmental needs of the Nation. During this, our bicentennial year, as in years past, we urgently seek to foster public awareness of and involvement in our water resources planning efforts. To respond to your wishes, we must communicate. Therefore, I ask you to study this booklet. Learn what has been accomplished and consider what is being planned for your State. Then, provide us with your opinions and offer your counsel. We exist to serve you and all the people of the United States. W. C. GRIBBLE/rR. Lieutenant GeneraVUSA Chief of Engineers DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION CORPS OF ENGINEERS OMAHA, NEBRASKA The address of each Corps of Engineers office involved in the State is given below, and the area of responsibility of each is indicated on the map in the back of this pamphlet. Inquiries regarding the work of the Corps should be addressed to the appropriate office. DIVISION ENGINEER DEPARTMENTOFTHE ARMY, MISSOURI RIVER DIVISION Corps of Engineers P.O. Box 103, Downtown Station Omaha, Nebraska 68101 DISTRICT ENGINEER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Omaha District, Corps of Engineers 6014 U.S. Post Office and Court House 215 North 17th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68102 DIVISION ENGINEER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION Corps of Engineers 536 South Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 DISTRICT ENGINEER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers 1217 U.S. Post Office and Custom House St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 INTRODUCTION 5 MISSOURI RIVER TRIBUTARIES 15 COMPLETED MULTIPLE-PURPOSE PROJECTS 19 Garrison Dam and Lake Sakakawea 19 Bowman-Haley Lake, North Dakota 21 COMPLETED FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS 22 Marmarth Local Flood Protection 22 Mandan Local Flood Protection 23 Lower Heart River Flood Control 23 ASSOCIATED PROJECTS OF OTHER AGENCIES 22 MULTIPLE-PURPOSE PROJECTS UNDER WAY 24 Comprehensive Plan, Missouri River Basin 24 Oahe Dam and Lake Oahe 25 Pipestem Lake, North Dakota 21 FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS UNDER WAY 26 Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Lake Oahe 26 OTHER AUTHORIZED PROJECTS 27 Mott, Cannonball River 27 "S WORK UNDER SPECIAL CONTINUING AUTHORITIES 28 Small Flood Control Projects 28 Flood Fighting and Emergency Repairs 29 Flood Plain Information Reports 31 SURVEYS UNDER WAY 32 SOURIS-RED-RAINY RIVER BASIN 35 COMPLETED FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS 39 Lake Traverse-Bois de Sioux River 39 Lake Ashtabula and Baldhill Dam 40 Homme Dam and Lake 40 Red River of the North 41 FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS UNDER WAY 42 Channel Improvements, Souris River at Minot 42 Red River of The North at Pembina 43, 45 OTHER AUTHORIZED PROJECTS 42 Kindred Lake, Sheyenne River 42 Burlington Dam, Souris River, North Dakota 43 Grafton, North Dakota 45 WORK UNDER SPECIAL CONTINUING AUTHORITIES 44 Velva, North Dakota 44 Lower Branch Rush River 44 Red River of the North at Pembina, North Dakota 43,45 SURVEYS UNDER WAY 46 INDEX 47 STATE MAP 3 V'V This booklet provides timely, concise information con­ cerning the water-resources development program of the Corps of Engineers in North Dakota. Although it is a regularly constituted branch of the United States Army, with extensive military engineering and con­ struction responsibilities, the Corps is actively engaged also in planning and building projects for flood control, navigation, and water conservation as primary civil functions under Federal law. When adverse conditions or problems arise in con­ nection with flooding or related conservation matters, local interests, if unable to cope with the situation, may petition their representatives in Congress for assistance. The representatives, after consideration of such petitions, may request the appropriate Con­ gressional Committee to direct the Corps of Engineers to investigate the feasibility and economics of reme­ dial measures. When the directive covers an entire river basin, the basin is studied as a unit, and every effort is made to develop a comprehensive plan. Flood control, hydroelectric power, navigation, irri­ gation, water supply, water quality control, recrea­ tion, and such other water uses as can be economi­ cally integrated into the plan are considered. Throughout the investigation and planning stages of a basin development, close coordination is maintained with local interests, the State, and other Federal agencies. As a result, the desires of local interests and the plans of other agencies receive full con­ sideration, and the project as finally recommended for construction by the Corps of Engineers becomes a properly designed unit in the ultimate compre­ hensive development of the stream basin. The entire program, from preliminary planning through construc­ INTRODUCTION tion and operation, is under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. The decentralized organization of the Corps of En­ gineers, with its 11 major divisions based primarily on drainage boundaries, is particularly suited to the conduct of comprehensive studies leading to the most effective utilization of our water resources. Most of the major river basins are entirely within the boun­ daries of single divisions, and district boundaries are usually established to include one or more princi­ pal tributary basins. Thus, the studies of water resources needs and development for an entire river system, such as the Missouri River, can be coordi­ nated in a single office where the varied and some­ times conflicting water uses can be most readily resolved and duplications of effort avoided. The pro­ grams and activities of the Corps, as presented herein, are arranged by major subbasins which lie wholly or partially within the State. The guiding prin­ ciple — the greatest good for the greatest number 5 of persons — is and must be followed if our water and land resources are to fulfill our needs in the years to come. Inasmuch as both Divisions and Districts of the Corps of Engineers for Civil Works are defined geo­ graphically to embrace complete river basins, sub- basins, or appropriate river reaches, the organiza­ tional pattern in North Dakota involves two Divisions and two Districts. In North Dakota, overall coordination among all Federal and State agencies working to develop land and water resources is accomplished through the Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins Commission and the Missouri River Basin Commission. The Souris-Red-Rainy River Basins Commissioi serves as the principal agency for coordination of Reservoirs constructed for flood control often include Federal, State, interstate, local, and nongovernmental additional storage capacity for multipurpose uses, plans for developing water and related land resources such as for the conservation of water for municipal in the region. In Fiscal Year 1968, the Commission and industrial uses and water quality control, navi­ initiated a comprehensive framework study with gation, irrigation, development of hydroelectric power, participation by the States of North Dakota, Minnesota, conservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife and South Dakota and eight Federal agencies. The values, and recreation. Where there are several re­ study is scheduled to be completed this year. Activi­ servoirs in a basin, their operation as a coordinated ties and functions of the Missouri River Basin Com­ system increases the benefits in downstream areas. mission are discussed elsewhere in this Introduction Water resources projects completed by the Corps in in connection with the Missouri River Basin Com­ the State of North Dakota include the Garrison Dam prehensive Framework Study. on the Missouri River, Baldhill Dam on the Sheyenne River, Homme Dam on the Park River, Bowman-Haley FLOOD CONTROL Dam on the North Fork of the Grand River, and local Federal concern in flood control dates back to the flood protection projects at Mandan, Marmarth, and early part of the 19th Century when the interrela­ Scranton, and at several locations in the basin of the tionship of flood control and navigation became Red River of the North.