East Grand Forks Flood and Recovery

A few East Grand Forks flood facts:

• Flood crest: 54.4 feet. (Flood stage: 28 feet)
• Water flow: 140,000 cubic feet/second. (780 is normal)
• Entire population of East Grand Forks evacuated (about 8,000 people)
• Only 7 homes in East Grand Forks escaped flood damage, out of 5501 homes.
• Almost two billion dollars in damage (Grand Forks and East Grand Forks)
• No lives lost to the flood.

East Grand Forks Five Years Later

Downtown East Grand Forks

• Downtown East Grand Forks after the Flood
• Rebuilding Downtown East Grand Forks
• Flood Protection in East Grand Forks
• East Grand Forks Campbell Library
• Cabela's
• Riverwalk Center
• Whitey's Wonderbar
• Moose Crossing
• Sacred Heart Church and School
• Christmas in Grand Forks

East Grand Forks Neighborhoods

• Sherlock Park Neighborhood
  • May 1997
  • After the Flood
• North End, May 1997
• The Point

East Grand Forks Celebration of Recovery April 18, 1998

• A Child's View of the Flood
• East Grand Forks Senior High Band

The Red River

The Story of the Grand Forks Flood as told by a Grand Forks resident

Grand Forks Flood and Recovery

University of North Dakota Photo Album

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