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LAKE, N.D. (AP) – A manager of the Devils Lake Basin Joint Water Resource Board says a wet summer and fall, along with high winter snow pack, has Devils Lake primed to gain several feet of water this spring.

Jeff Frith tells the Devils Lake Journal that conditions are ripe for significant flooding of farmland.

Data provided by Greg Gust of the National Weather Service in Grand Forks shows the possibility of Devils Lake rising by 3 to 4 feet with warmer weather and more precipitation.

The weather service report says the rest of winter looks to be both colder and wetter than average. It also states that soil moisture is higher than normal, affecting its ability to absorb the large amount of runoff that higher temperatures will bring.