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The map drawn by the City of Fargo merely shows the general location of the sandbag dike to help everyone determine where they should remove snow.  Dave Helland from the City will be coming out late on Sunday afternoon (March 13th) to help mark where the sandbag dike should be located.  It should be noted that there are two main location issues when building a sandbag dike:

1.  Base.  We need to have enough area to build a broad base if we have to build to 44′.  Keep in mind that the base of the dike needs to be twice as wide as the height of the dike (e.g. if the height of the dike is 5′ then the base needs to be 10′).

2.  Height of Dike.  To help reduce the amount of sandbags we have to use, it is important to locate the dike at the highest possible elevation on the property.  This helps not only with the amount of time/man-hours/bags needed, but it also significantly can reduce the damage to your property because of the reduced traffic and weight of sandbags.  This will require some people to remove panels from their fence but you should wait until Dave Helland marks off the location of the sandbag dike.

More information will be posted about the sandbag dike as it is learned.