So does a road approach. Or a shelterbelt. At the same time, the effectiveness of soil conservation measures is apparent. Grassed waterways work. They carry water off the fields without erosion.
Wetlands hold water.
N.D. Monday nights rain was a historic event, it's clear. No one has records that indicate any other rain of such magnitude in Grand Forks County. The storm was also a geological event. It made changes on the land, and those changes will be amplified by other events as time goes on. We lost the topsoil that had been back-filled against the new house.