FloodZoneMap.org

Home› Stories› North Dakota› Flood 2004

Flood — Pembina, ND

Mar 27, 2004

Property Damage
$1.1M

[See antecedent conditions written in brackets under Ramsey county]. For Pembina county, river flood warnings were issued for the Pembina River at Neche and the Red River at Drayton and Pembina. Of these, Neche crested over moderate (19 feet) flood stage around March 30th. The Red River crest at Drayton and Pembina would occur in early April. The Hamilton area had lots of overland floodwater, completely cutting off the town for a while. Two roads were cut around Hamilton to stop the water r

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5389707). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Pembina, ND

This event is one of many recorded floods in Pembina County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

View Pembina County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Flash Flood$250K damage

Pembina, ND · Sep 20, 2019

By the late afternoon of the 20th, a weak area of surface low pressure set up near Devils Lake, with the warm front extending out to the east-southeast. Temperatures had risen into the mid 70s to low 80s in the warm sector, with dew points in the upper 60s to lower 70s.

Read the full account →
Flood$50K damage

Pembina, ND · Apr 18, 2019

The snow took longer to melt across the eastern edge of the northern Red River Valley, although it did melt earlier along the western edge of the valley. At the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, the snow depth fell to zero on April 6th.

Read the full account →
Flood$20.0M damage

Pembina, ND · Apr 21, 1997

The rising Red River closed Interstate 29 near Pembina. The city of Drayton was evacuated on the 22nd, but many floodfighters returned and saved most of the city by constructing a plywood dike.

Read the full account →
Flood$50K damage

Pembina, ND · Mar 30, 2017

Over the winter of 2016-2017, the most snow fell across the Devils Lake basin up into northeast North Dakota. By late March 2017, snow water equivalents in this area ranged from 3 to 4 inches, with isolated pockets of 5 inches.

Read the full account →