2023 Spring Flooding Information and Resources

River Observation and Forecasts

Hover over each point for a quick look at the river or stream location. Click on the point for more detailed information.

For additional information on river levels in the Rainy River Basin, please see weather.gov/dlh/RainyRiverBasin

Local, State, and Federal Resources (will be updated with new information as it is received)

For road closures of state and federal roadways, please see MN 511 and WI 511 websites.

Northwest Wisconsin

Ashland County

An interactive map of current road closures can be found at this link.

Bayfield County

Updates on road closures can found at the Bayfield County EM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BayfieldCountyEM

Road closures can be viewed at this interactive map.

Douglas County

Updates at https://www.douglascountywi.org/ under the News Tab

Road Closures can be viewed at this interactive map.

Sawyer County

Updates will be posted on Sawyer County EM and Public Health Facebook pages.

Sawyer County EM link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090838473837

Sawyer County Public Health Link: http://www.facebook.com/SawyerCountyPublicHealth

Price County

County road closures updates can be found on the Price County Website.

Northeast Minnesota

St. Louis County

Citizens who want to request sandbags should go through their local city or township (not straight to the county) - from there the local city/town will coordinate with the county.
Find an interactive map of road closures in St. Louis County at this link.

Residents of Floodwood can get sandbags free of charge at the Floodwood City Garage.

Carlton County

Carlton County Website at https://www.co.carlton.mn.us for any news flash updates and additional resident resources. Residents can get sandbags at the Moose Lake fire department.

Itasca County

Find a map of road closures on this interactive map.

Minnesota

Wisconsin

FEMA Flood Preparation and Resources

Latest Flood Update - April 27, 2023

NWS Duluth presented the following update at 2:30PM, Thursday, April 27st. A recording is available below.