UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1017 



Contribution from the Bureau of Public Roads 

 THOMAS H. MacDONALD, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



March 31, 1922 



REPORT ON DRAINAGE AND 



PREVENTION OF OVERFLOW IN THE 



VALLEY OF THE RED RIVER 



OF THE NORTH 



By 



P. T. SIMONS, Senior Drainage Engineer 

 FOREST V. KING, Drainage Engineer 



CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Summary of Recommendations ..... 2 



Red River Valley .'. 3 



Surveys and Other Investigations .... 11 

 Run-off 18 



Page 



The Flood Situation 49 



Recommended Plan of Drainage .... 59 



Organization 86 



Conclusions 87 



Acknowledgment 89 



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