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Weather Forecast Office Eastern North Dakota/Grand Forks, ND North Central River Forecast Center
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Sheyenne River at Lisbon Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 10.26 ft at 5:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.23 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 6:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 6:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 7:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 7:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 8:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 8:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.23 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 9:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 9:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.23 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 11:15PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 11:45PM May 15, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 12:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 12:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 1:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 1:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 2:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 2:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 3:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 3:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 4:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 4:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 5:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 5:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 6:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 6:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 7:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 7:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.24 ft at 8:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 9:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 9:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 11:15AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.25 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 11:45AM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 12:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 12:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 1:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 1:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 2:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.23 ft at 3:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 3:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 4:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 5:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 5:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 6:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 6:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 7:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 7:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 9:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 10:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 11:15PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 11:45PM May 16, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 3:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 3:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 5:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 5:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 6:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 6:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 7:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 7:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 8:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 9:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.26 ft at 9:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 10:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 10:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.27 ft at 11:15AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 11:45AM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 12:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 12:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 1:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 1:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 2:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 2:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 3:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 3:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 4:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 4:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 5:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 5:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 6:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 6:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.28 ft at 7:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 7:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 8:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 8:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 9:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 9:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 10:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 10:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 11:15PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 11:45PM May 17, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 12:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 12:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 1:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.29 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 1:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.3 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 3:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 3:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 4:15AM May 18, 2013Highest Observation: 10.37 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 4:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 5:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 5:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 6:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 6:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 7:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 7:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 8:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 8:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 9:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.36 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 9:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 10:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 10:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.36 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.32 ft at 11:15AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.36 ft at 11:45AM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 12:15PM May 18, 2013Highest Observation: 10.37 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 12:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 1:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.31 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 1:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 2:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 2:45PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 3:15PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.35 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 10.33 ft at 3:45PM May 18, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesLBNN8(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:02PM May 18, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 10.33 ft at 3:45 PM CDT 18-May-2013. Flood Stage is 15 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Sheyenne River at Lisbon are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:19
Moderate Flood Stage:17
Flood Stage:15
Action Stage:11

Historical Crests
(1) 22.86 ft on 04/16/2009
(2) 21.70 ft on 04/20/2011
(3) 19.46 ft on 03/22/2010
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Low Water Records
(1) 1.50 ft on 08/16/1961
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21 Top elevation of the emergency levees...1087.5 feet.
19 Major Flood Stage.
17 Moderate Flood Stage.
16 Some rural flooding begins.
15 Flood Warning Stage...Minor. Raw sewage begins being dumped into the river.
14 Storm sewer outlets are closed...interior drainage pumping begins.
11 Forecast Service Stage.
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Latitude: 46.446944° N, Longitude: 97.678889° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 15 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 1066.46 ft 1081.46 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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