The outlook for the tributaries is for mostly minor to moderate flooding. Devils Lake, North Dakota . Snow water amounts are substantial in the Devils Lake basin in east-central North Dakota, an area that has been subject to chronic high water conditions since 1993. Snow depths average between 10-18 inches. The water content of the snow ranges from 2-5 inches.
Soils are wetter than normal.
Since 1993, annual precipitation has generally exceeded evaporation and infiltration, resulting in a series of new record lake levels over the last few years. The lake is expected to rise almost two feet between now and its peak this summer, cresting at 1446 feet above sea level, more than a foot higher than the record established last summer. Idaho, Oregon and Montana. As a result, snowmelt flooding is an increasing concern. In most years, flooding in Idaho and surrounding areas of Oregon and Montana peaks as late as June.