Pre-planning efforts are encouraged for flood preparations
Pre-planning efforts are encouraged for flood preparations
By Teresa Rotenberger
Ransom County Emergency Manager
Sandbagging Operations will be set up in Lisbon, Fort Ransom and Enderlin soon. For those that would like to prepare early during the warmer days ahead, non-filled sandbags are available.
This year Ransom County Emergency Management is encouraging those who were faced with flooding last year, to prepare early. Plan now to preposition sandbags and sandbag fill supplies to protect your property. Contact the Ransom County Emergency Manager or Highway Department for sandbags to fill.
A cubic yard will fill about 100 30-pound sandbags or about 75 40-pound bags, assuming the sand weighs 110 pounds per cubic foot. Sand weighs 100 to 130 pounds per cubic foot, depending on moisture content and packing. A cubic yard is 27 cubic feet. Each 14-inch by 24-inch bag will hold about 0.4 cubic feet if filled about one-half full. Based on volume, each yard will fill about 67 bags one-half full.
Estimated cubic yards of sand needed per 100 feet of dike length for various dike heights and ratios of height to width. An additional 2 cubic yards will be needed for bags to hold the plastic.
Dike Height (ft.) - Cubic Yards of Sand
1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.5 4.5 5.0
Width
3 x H 7 15 25 38 54 73 95 119 145
Width
2 x H 6 11 18 27 38 50 65 82 100