REGIONAL— Most area rivers remained in flood stage as of Monday, nearly a week after torrential downpours brought anywhere from three to nine inches of rain to the region. The Little Fork River saw the most dramatic rise, as some of the heaviest rain fell in the upper reaches of its watershed. The day before last week’s storm, the Little Fork was running at 1,210 cubic feet per second at the gauge in the city of Littlefork.
As of Monday this week, the river’s flow had jumped more than ten times, to 15,100 cfs, prompting significant flooding.
The Rainy River was also in flood stage, with a reading at Manitou Rapids of 47,100 cfs, up from 29,700 cfs the week before. The Vermilion River, at Crane Lake, was in flood stage as well as of Monday, with a flow of 3,520 cfs, up from 1,280 cfs the day before the storm.
The Basswood River was running high at 4,980 cfs, up from 2,960 cfs the week before.