Even with projected increases in releases from dams in North Dakota, chances of flooding along the James River in South Dakota are pretty slim this year. Dave Bartel, manager of the James River Water Development District, says they got an update from the Corps of Engineers on expected releases from the Jamestown and Pipestem reservoirs…
Bartel says most of the heavy snow pack in eastern North Dakota will flow away from the James River…
Record flooding in 2011 left large amounts of debris along and in the James River channel. Bartel says most of that has been cleared away…
Flows in the James River are well below normal at most of the reporting stations south of Brown County.