Protecting our Neighbors – Protecting our Future
The FM Area Diversion, now under construction, is an innovative and comprehensive flood management system being constructed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Metro Flood Diversion Authority.
The project will provide permanent, reliable flood protection to the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Metro Area, as well as surrounding rural communities. Funding for the $2.75 billion FM Area Diversion combines revenues from voter approved sales taxes in the City of Fargo and Cass County with critical funding and financing support from the states of North Dakota and Minnesota and the Federal Government.
Protecting our Neighbors – Protecting our Future
The FM Area Diversion, now under construction, is an innovative and comprehensive flood management system being constructed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Metro Flood Diversion Authority.
The project will provide permanent, reliable flood protection to the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Metro Area, as well as surrounding rural communities. Funding for the $2.75 billion FM Area Diversion combines revenues from voter approved sales taxes in the City of Fargo and Cass County with critical funding and financing support from the states of North Dakota and Minnesota and the Federal Government.
Protecting our Neighbors – Protecting our Future
The FM Area Diversion, now under construction, is an innovative and comprehensive flood management system being constructed jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Metro Flood Diversion Authority.
The project will provide permanent, reliable flood protection to the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Metro Area, as well as surrounding rural communities. Funding for the $2.75 billion FM Area Diversion combines revenues from voter approved sales taxes in the City of Fargo and Cass County with critical funding and financing support from the states of North Dakota and Minnesota and the Federal Government.
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The FM Area Diversion’s state-of-the art engineering design features a 30-mile Diversion Channel, a 20-mile Southern Embankment, and miles of flood walls and levees along the water ways within the metro area. The Diversion Channel will carry flood waters safely around the Metro Area during times of extreme flooding. Flood waters coming from the Red River and its tributaries will be directed into the Diversion Channel and safely through town via three control structures along the Southern Embankment. Miles of flood walls, levees, and numerous pump stations allow floodwaters to pass safely through the cities of Fargo and Moorhead.
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The FM Area Diversion’s state-of-the art engineering design features a 30-mile Diversion Channel, a 20-mile Southern Embankment, and miles of flood walls and levees along the water ways within the metro area. The Diversion Channel will carry flood waters safely around the Metro Area during times of extreme flooding. Flood waters coming from the Red River and its tributaries will be directed into the Diversion Channel and safely through town via three control structures along the Southern Embankment. Miles of flood walls, levees, and numerous pump stations allow floodwaters to pass safely through the cities of Fargo and Moorhead.
The people of the Red River Valley have lived for centuries along the flood prone Red River. After a long history of spring floods, a broad coalition formed after the 1997 flood to study how to better protect the residents, farms, businesses, emergency services and all those who depend on them. The flood of record in 2009 focused those efforts on the development of the FM Area Diversion.
Red River flooding not only impacts lives, land, property, agriculture and other essential services, but puts the entire regional economy at risk. When the FM Area Diversion is constructed by 2027, the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Metro Area will be fully protected against a 100-year flood event and be able to beat a 500-year flood event.
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite
Commanding General and Chief of Engineers
Sen. John Hoeven
U.S. Senator from North Dakota
Gov. Doug Burgum
Governor of North Dakota
Sen. Kevin Cramer
U.S. Senator from North Dakota
Rep. Kelly Armstrong
U.S. Representative from North Dakota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Shelly Carlson
Mayor of Moorhead
The FM Area Diversion is being developed and delivered by the Metro Flood Diversion Authority in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Metro Flood Diversion Authority consists of the Cities of Fargo, ND; West Fargo, ND; and Moorhead, MN; along with Cass County, ND; Clay County, MN; and the Cass County Joint Water Resource District.
The FM Area Diversion is being developed and delivered by the Metro Flood Diversion Authority in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Metro Flood Diversion Authority consists of the Cities of Fargo, ND; West Fargo, ND; and Moorhead, MN; along with Cass County, ND; Clay County, MN; and the Cass County Joint Water Resource District.
The FM Area Diversion is being developed and delivered by the Metro Flood Diversion Authority in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Metro Flood Diversion Authority consists of the Cities of Fargo, ND; West Fargo, ND; and Moorhead, MN; along with Cass County, ND; Clay County, MN; and the Cass County Joint Water Resource District.
