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  • Officials announce six dates for Gathright Dam pulse releases

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will deviate from Gathright Dam's existing water control plan in order to conduct six pulse releases near Covington, Virginia from June through October 2017.

  • Carlyle Lake Increasing Downstream Releases

    As of 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 the pool elevation at Carlyle Lake was 456.34 feet, referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD), with a release of approximately 7,5000 cubic feet per second (cfs). The inflow for Monday, May 8, 2017 was approximately 13,920 day second feet (dsf). With current precipitation on the ground, Carlyle Lake is currently cresting. In order to free up flood control storage in the lake and to continue to provide benefits to other project purposes, in accordance with the water control plan, downstream releases will be increased to approximately10,000 cfs on Tuesday, May 9, 2017.

  • Reopening South Fork Recreation Area at Mark Twain Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Mark Twain Lake reopened the South Fork Recreation Area off State Highway 154, at approximately 11:00 AM on May 9, 2017. Flood debris has been removed from the ramp and is now available for public use. The Corps of Engineers apologizes for any inconveniences this action may have caused visitors and local businesses. If you need additional information, please contact the Mark Twain Lake Project Office at 573-735-4097.

  • Corps advises mariners of Charleroi single-lock chamber closure

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is alerting mariners that scheduled repairs at Monongahela River Lock and Dam 4 at Charleroi will close the river to navigation from 12 a.m., May 15 through 11:59 p.m., June 16.

  • Mark Twain Lake Corps of Engineers Beaches to Open Later Than Planned

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, at Mark Twain Lake, will open the John F. Spalding and Indian Creek Beaches on May 19, 2017. This is one week later than originally planned, due to recent rain events and elevated lake levels. When the water recedes, the beaches will be inspected for safety, swim area buoy lines installed, and opened for use. If you have any questions, please contact the Mark Twain Lake Project Office at (573) 735-4097.

  • Flannagan Hidden Gem: Day for fishing, tours of dam

    Perched on the balcony of an intake tower that's 10 stories high, visitors Saturday got an uncommon view of a place one tour guide called a hidden gem. "People in Dickenson County don't really realize what we've got here," said Jackie Mullins, who volunteers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which owns and manages the flood control facility. He remembers when it first opened back in 1964.

  • Earnest named Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2017) – William Earnest, maintenance worker at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for March 2017.

  • Corps of Engineers provides additional floodfighting assistance to local authorities

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 9, 2017 – The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) continues its Phase II floodfight activities in the Cairo area, the Reelfoot-Obion area, the Missouri area, and the White River area. Employees are mobilized, conducting patrols each day from 7 a.m. until 7:30 p.m., checking the condition of levees and other flood protection structures and looking for problems like water seepage under levees. In addition to these floodfight activities, the Memphis District has provided materiel assistance to local communities and flood control organizations to aid them in their floodfighting efforts. The items provided were sandbags that are used to build retainer walls or to help combat sand boils, portable pumps to remove water from flooded areas, and plastic poly sheeting to cover levees and help minimize levee slides and erosion.

  • 17-061 Corps districts team up to provide sandbags and “super sacks” to Idaho Office of Emergency Management for flood response

    BOISE, Idaho – Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts teamed up to provide flood-fight resources to help the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (IOEM) respond to flooding in local areas. Walla Walla District Emergency management personnel are providing 100,000 “regular” sandbags to IOEM, and also coordinated with the Corps’ Seattle District to provide 1,000 larger “super sacks.” Both the sandbags and super sacks are being sent to IOEM at Gowan Field in Boise.While regular sandbags weigh about 30 pounds when filled with sand, and can be carried by one person, the larger super sacks being deployed hold 1.4-cubic yards of sand and must be moved by heavy equipment such as a front end loader after being filled. Each 1.4-cubic yard super sack is equal to more than 200 regular sandbags. When filled with sand, 1.4-cubic-yard super sacks weigh about 5,000 pounds.

  • 17-060 Corps sends technical assistance team to evaluate flood risk in Idaho’s Blaine County

    BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho – A three-person team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District Headquarters deployed today to provide technical assistance to Blaine County emergency managers as they respond to high flow conditions in the Snake River there, according to Corps emergency management officials at the District headquarters in Walla Walla, Washington.