Aerial photography of the 1997 spring floods was taken by both the DNR and the COE. In addition, several watershed districts took oblique aerial photos of flooded areas. Aerial photography available from the DNR and the COE is listed below. Primary contacts for watershed districts that took aerial photos are to be added.
DNR Forestry Aerial Photography - 35mm
Date Location Film Type Photo Scale Coverage
April 12 Mississippi River - Color 4" = 1 mile 1.5 mile swath
Rice to Anoka Slide
April 13 St. Croix River - Color 4" = 1 mile 1.5 mile swath
Taylors Falls to Slide
Hastings
April 13 Rum River - Mille Color 4" = 1 mile 1.5 mile swath
Lacs Lake to Anoka Slide
April 14 Minnesota River - Color 4" = 1 mile 1.5 mile swath
Henderson to St. Paul Slide
April 14 Mississippi River in Color 4" = 1 mile 1.5 mile swath
Aitkin County Slide
April 17 DNR Region 1 Color 4" = 1 mile about 20 different
Infrared Wildlife Management
Areas
April 22 East Grand Forks Color 4" = 1 mile approximately 100
Slide and square mile mosaic
Print
April 25 Oslo Color 8" = 1 mile approximately 10 square
Slide mile mosaic
Original film held by DNR Forestry, Resource Assessment, 413 SE 13th Street, Grand Rapids, MN 55744. Contact Bill Befort or Steve Gallay at 218-327-4449.
1997 Spring Flood Aerial Photos Provided to DNR Waters by the Corps of Engineers
High Altitude, Black & White, 9" x 9" Stereo Photos
Date Location Number of Flight Photo Scale Held By
Lines/Frames
April 9 Wild Rice River at Ada 1/5 1" = 2000' Bob Merritt
April 9 Wild Rice River at Hendrum 1/7 1" = 2000' Bob Merritt
April 9 Minnesota River at Chippewa Diversion 2/9 1" = 2000' Dave Leuthe
Dam
April 9 Minnesota River - LQP Lake to Granite 4/28 1" = 2000' Dave Leuthe
Falls
April 9 Minnesota River - Ortonville to Odessa 4/18 1" = 2000' Dave Leuthe
April 9 Pomme de Terre River at Appleton 2/10 1" = 2000' Dave Leuthe
April 12 Rabbit River - Campbell to Bois de Sioux 2/10 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
River
April 12 Mustinka River 2/18 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
April 12 Bois de Sioux River - Mud Lake to Rabbit 1/15 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
River
April 12 Red River - Fargo/Moorhead area 5/71 1" = 1000' Bob Merritt
April 13 Lake Traverse and Mud Lake Reservoirs 4/26 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
April 13 Bois de Sioux - White Rock to Fairmount, 1/15 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
ND
April 13 Bois de Sioux River - Rabbit to 1/10 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
Breckenridge
April 13 Wahpeton/Breckenridge 1/6 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
April 13 Otter Tail River near Breckenridge 1/7 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
April 13 St. Croix River - Stillwater to Hastings 1/19 1" = 2000' Dale Homuth
April 13 Minnesota River - New Ulm to Henderson 6/36 1" = 2000' Dave Leuthe
April 13 Mississippi River - Anoka to Hastings 6/62 1" = 2000' Dale Homuth
April 13 Mississippi River - Hastings to 15/177 1" = 2000' Jim Cooper
LaCrosse, WI
April 14 Bois de Sioux River - Fairmount to 2/25 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
Wahpeton
April 14 Wild Rice River at Hendrum 1/4 1" = 1500' Bob Merritt
April 17 Mississippi River - LaCrosse to 8/99 1" = 2000' Jim Cooper
Guttenberg, IW
April 17 Red Lake River at Crookston 1/10 1" = 2000' Nate Dalager
April 17 Red River - Abercrombie, ND overflow 5/32 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
area
April 17 Bois de Sioux River - Fairmount to 3/28 1" = 2000' Terry Lejcher
Wahpeton
April 17 Snake River at Warren 3/17 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 17 Red River at Wahpeton-Breckenridge 3/23 1" = 1000' Terry Lejcher
April 18 Snake River at Warren 3/16 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 18 Red River at Perley 1/5 1" = 1000' Bob Merritt
April 18 Red River at Grand Forks/East Grand 3 b/w obliques N.A. Nate Dalager
Forks
April 18 Red River around Fargo/Moorhead 12/316 1" = 1000' Bob Merritt
April 19 Red River at Grand Forks/East Grand 5/74 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
Forks
April 19 Red Lake River at East Grand Forks 2/11 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 19 Red River - Fargo to Halstad 5/131 1" = 2000' Bob Merritt
April 21 Red Lake River at East Grand Forks 2/14 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 21 Sand Hill River at Climax 1/5 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 21 Grand Forks/East Grand Forks 6/86 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 22 Red River at Halstad 1/5 1" = 1000' Bob Merritt
April 22 Red River at Oslo 1/5 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 22 Red River at Pembina, ND 1/1 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 22 Two Rivers at Hallock 3/15 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 22 Red River - Halstad to Oslo 9/170 1" = 2000' Nate Dalager
April 24 Red River - Oslo to Drayton, ND 5/112 1" = 2000' Nate Dalager
April 25 Red River - Drayton, ND to Highway 175 5/69 1" = 2000' Nate Dalager
April 25 Pembina, ND & St. Vincent 1/4 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 25 Drayton, ND 1/8 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
April 28 Red River - Highway 175 to Emerson, 6/64 1" = 2000' Nate Dalager
Manitoba
April 28 Pembina, ND & St. Vincent 1/4 1" = 1000' Nate Dalager
Low Altitude, Color, 4" x 6" Oblique Photos
Date Location Approximate Number of Photos in Held By
Set
April 8 Big Stone Lake to Montevideo 62 Dave Leuthe
April 8 Chippewa River Diversion Dam to mouth 4 Dave Leuthe
April 8 Pomme de Terre River - Appleton to 19 Dave Leuthe
mouth
April 8 Ortonville to Highway 75 Dam 18 Dave Leuthe
April 8 Whetstone River near Highway 75 Dam 8 Dave Leuthe
April 8 Wahpeton/Breckenridge 8 Terry Lejcher
April 8 Ada 12 Bob Merritt
April 10 Hendrum and Shelly 47 Bob Merritt
April 12 Fargo/Moorhead 140 Bob Merritt
April 16 Lake Traverse to Wahpeton/Breckenridge 105 Terry Lejcher
April 16 Warren area 6 Nate Dalager
April 18 Warren area 42 Nate Dalager
April 18 Fargo area 121 Bob Merritt
April 18 Grand Forks/East Grand Forks 18 Nata Dalager
April 19 Grand Forks/East Grand Forks 66 Nate Dalager
April 21 Grand Forks/East Grand Forks & Climax 45 Nate Dalager
April 22 Halstad 17 Bob Merritt
April 22 Hallock & Oslo 18 Nate Dalager
April 28 St. Vincent, Noyes and Pembina, ND 27 Nate Dalager
Mel Sinn, DNR Waters
612-296-4806
11/12/97
Watershed Districts
Key contacts for watershed districts that took aerial photography during the 1997 spring flood are to be added.
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