2011 Souris River flood

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flood river flood

The 2011 Souris River flood was a devastating flooding event along the Souris River that inundated large parts of Minot, North Dakota, causing widespread damage and mass evacuations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
2011 Minot flood	1
2011 Mouse River flood	1
2011 Souris River flood canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8518425 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2011 Souris River flood
Context triple: [Minot, North Dakota, hasHistoricEvent, 2011 Souris River flood]

A. 1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
B. 2009 Red River flood
The 2009 Red River flood was a major spring flood along the Red River of the North that caused extensive flooding and emergency responses in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba.
C. 2013 Yukon River flood
The 2013 Yukon River flood was a major spring breakup flood that caused extensive damage and forced evacuations in river communities along Alaska’s Yukon River, particularly devastating the village of Galena.
D. 2003 Dead River flood
The 2003 Dead River flood was a major dam-failure-induced flooding event in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that caused significant damage in and around the city of Marquette.
E. 1967 Fairbanks flood
The 1967 Fairbanks flood was a devastating inundation of Fairbanks, Alaska, that caused widespread damage and led to major changes in the region’s flood control and urban planning.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 2011 Souris River flood
Target entity description: The 2011 Souris River flood was a devastating flooding event along the Souris River that inundated large parts of Minot, North Dakota, causing widespread damage and mass evacuations.

A. 1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
B. 2009 Red River flood
The 2009 Red River flood was a major spring flood along the Red River of the North that caused extensive flooding and emergency responses in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba.
C. 2013 Yukon River flood
The 2013 Yukon River flood was a major spring breakup flood that caused extensive damage and forced evacuations in river communities along Alaska’s Yukon River, particularly devastating the village of Galena.
D. 2003 Dead River flood
The 2003 Dead River flood was a major dam-failure-induced flooding event in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that caused significant damage in and around the city of Marquette.
E. 1967 Fairbanks flood
The 1967 Fairbanks flood was a devastating inundation of Fairbanks, Alaska, that caused widespread damage and led to major changes in the region’s flood control and urban planning.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flood ⓘ river flood ⓘ
affectedCity	Burlington, North Dakota ⓘ Estevan, Saskatchewan ⓘ Melita, Manitoba ⓘ Minot, North Dakota ⓘ Souris, Manitoba ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	2011 Minot flood ⓘ linked to: 2011 Souris River flood 2011 Mouse River flood ⓘ linked to: 2011 Souris River flood
cause	above-average snowpack ⓘ heavy spring rainfall ⓘ high reservoir levels ⓘ saturated soil conditions ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
damage	damage to homes and businesses along the Souris River ⓘ damage to infrastructure along the Souris River ⓘ widespread property damage in Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
endTime	2011-08 ⓘ
evacuatedPopulation	Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
evacuations	mass evacuations in Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
highestCrestLocation	Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
impact	agricultural losses in Saskatchewan and Manitoba ⓘ economic losses in North Dakota ⓘ long-term housing displacement in Minot ⓘ
locatedIn	Manitoba ⓘ North Dakota ⓘ Saskatchewan ⓘ
locatedInWatershed	Red River of the North watershed ⓘ linked to: Red River of the North
mainRiver	Souris River ⓘ
managedBy	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ Water management authorities in Saskatchewan ⓘ
naturalHazardType	inland flooding ⓘ
notableFor	displacement of thousands of residents ⓘ record flooding in Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
partOf	2011 North American floods ⓘ history of Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
pointInTime	2011 ⓘ
prompted	changes to emergency management planning in Minot ⓘ review of flood control infrastructure in Minot ⓘ
riverBasin	Souris River basin ⓘ linked to: Souris River
riverCrestedAboveFloodStage	Minot, North Dakota ⓘ
startTime	2011-06 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 2010s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minot, North Dakota → hasHistoricEvent → 2011 Souris River flood ⓘ

2011 Souris River flood → alsoKnownAs → 2011 Mouse River flood ⓘ

linked to: 2011 Souris River flood

2011 Souris River flood → alsoKnownAs → 2011 Minot flood ⓘ