JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The City of Jamestown is asking for volunteers to assist with filling and placing sandbags starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday, October 18th and continuing throughout the day Friday as well as Saturday, October 19th.

Volunteers are asked to report during this period to the west side parking lot of the Jamestown Civic Center.

If City property owners have concerns or questions, please contact City Hall at 701-252-5900 or email at info@jamestownnd.gov.

Jamestown Dam is currently at pool elevation 1434.9 feet, almost 4 feet above the base of the flood control zone, and rising. Inflow into the reservoir is near 1,400 cfs and the release is 1,000 cfs.

Pipestem Dam is currently at pool elevation 1461.3 feet, almost 19 feet above the base of the flood control zone, and rising. Inflow into the reservoir near 1,700 cfs and the release is 800 cfs. Upstream gages in the basin continue to rise as snowmelt runoff reaches the river.

Releases are being increased with the goal of evacuating the flood control storage from Pipestem and Jamestown reservoirs before winter. Basin conditions are being continuously evaluated and adjustments to the releases will be made as needed.

High river flows continue downstream of Jamestown into South Dakota on the James River, and conditions on the entire James River basin are considered in determining project releases.

Releases are set to begin increasing Tuesday, October 22nd and ramp up through Saturday before reaching 2,400 cfs combined.