Flood In Fargo Case

A 100 and 500-year flood will create city-wide damage to residential, commercial, and municipal infrastructure. Fargo had many major floods that brought many properties, homes, and buildings submerged under water and created destruction. For instance, 1997 and 1897 Red River floods were the biggest floods that occurred in Fargo, North Dakota that flooded most of the city. After 1997, the government built stronger neighborhood and city dikes. Besides, each flooding warning, the government orders the city and other communities create massive sandbag piles surrounding homes and buildings to prevent flooding. Most schoolchildren, business owners, city officials and other volunteers will begin the arduous process involving filling thousands plastic sacks including fine sand called …show more content…
In 2009, the river crested at 40.84 feet and submerged trees, neighborhood streets, farm fields, other fields, playgrounds, campsites, golf course, walking trails, and many roads and parking lots. At least, the flood didn’t damage homes and buildings since most people built sandbags to protect the property. However, having damage to roads, parking lots, golf course, and parks cost the city huge money and repairing. The 2009 flooding event is close to the 100-year flood, which the hundred-year-old flood stage height was 38.2 feet. Also, some reports say that Fargo floods submerged the Moorhead Golf Course, the bike paths, Red River bridge on North Broadway, and Gooseberry Mounds Park, Moorhead. These locations are 20 feet or less, from the Red River. Therefore, it could flood closer neighborhoods, flood lower bridge sections, and it could flood Lindenwood Park Bridge and the Lindenwood Campground. However, flooding will not submerge neighborhoods and buildings 20-30 feet above the river regarding