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The Red River National Wildlife Refuge (established 2001) is a preservation project which will ultimately consist of approximately 50,000 acres (200 km 2) of United States federal lands and water along that section of the Red River between Colfax in Grant Parish, Louisiana, and the Arkansas state line, a distance of approximately 120 miles (190 km).
The water level was at 29.5 ft (9.0 m), just below the threshold for a major flood. Floods happen in the Red River when the water level increases over the tops of riverbanks due to significant precipitation over the same area for long periods, in the forms of persistent thunderstorms, rain, or snow combined with spring snow melt and ice jam. [10]
Wright Patman Lake provides flood protection for areas downstream along the Sulphur River and Red River. In the 38.9 feet (11.9 m) between its conservation pool and spillway levels, the lake can hold 2,406,000 acre-feet (2.968 × 10 9 m 3) of flood water. The spillway at Lake Wright Patman during the flood of 2015-2016.
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Water levels of the Withlacoochee River continue to rise in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.
The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South to differentiate it from the Red River in the north of the continent, is a major river in the Southern United States. [3] It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed . [ 4 ]
A drone image shows homes submerged in flood water from the Catawba River Saturday, September 28, 2024. Dave Mooney a local resident on Harwood Lane, watches as floodwater from the Catawba River ...
The Red River has flooded the Red River Valley numerous times since the late 1800s, and eight of the top 10 floods have occurred since 1989. [1] When it is ready to operate in 2027, the roughly $3.2 billion project will protect more than 273,000 people in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area from catastrophic flooding. [ 2 ]