badlands13
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With all the flooding in Montana, there should be some water headed to Sakakawea.
I have always said the world would die without water. Any water that comes into the Missouri river system is welcomed. But you guys that have high hopes of a big increases in elevation on the big lake, because of flooding on the Yellowstone river, need to remember that with the size of Sakakawea it will be like you pissing in a 5 gallon bucket with hopes of filling it up.
Speaking of water levels, has anyone used the East ramp at Ft. Stevenson (DeTrobiand)? It was pretty shallow coming out of there last fall just curious of what it is like now.
For the people who argued with me about snow pack out in the mountains I told you so
LOL, you must have missed the part of where this is primarily a rain caused flood. I believe Yellowstone Park officials referred to the rains as "unprecedented".
Nonetheless, heavy snowpack across the mountainous headwaters area for the Yellowstone River have historically caused the Missouri River to rise above flood stage for weeks or even months at a time.................
I would be willing to digress a little further even. Much of the snowpack that accumulated in that basin this year came very very very late. I would have to look back at the snowtel and check totals and dates but we skipped another trip out west this year to ride sled because during the prime months of Jan, Feb, and March they were way below average (70-80%) snow pack. Then came April and May and mother nature opened up a few more times bringing the total up to about average snow pack.