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  • Above average Missouri Basin runoff in October, reduction to winter release rates to occur in late November

    Runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 1.9 million acre feet (MAF) during October, 155 percent of average, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The 2016 calendar year runoff forecast is 24.1 MAF, 95 percent of average. Average annual runoff is 25.3 MAF. The total volume of water stored in the Mainstem Reservoir System on November 1 was 57.2 MAF, occupying 1.1 MAF of the 16.3 MAF combined flood control storage zones. “System storage declined less than anticipated during October, only 0.2 MAF, as a result of heavy rainfall over north central Montana and northwestern Wyoming. During the remainder of fall and winter, we will complete the evacuation of the flood zones of the reservoirs to ensure we start next year’s runoff season with the full flood control capacity of the system available,” said Jody Farhat, chief of the Corps’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division.

  • Corps Asks For Help Finding Missing Employee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is asking the public for assistance with finding an employee who went missing from its quarters barge on the Mississippi River near Norco, Louisiana.

  • Corps Asks For Help Finding Missing Employee

    Vicksburg, Miss…The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is asking the public for assistance with finding an employee who went missing from its quarters barge on the Mississippi River near Norco, Louisiana. Larrielle Ross, a food service worker, was last seen in the dining facility on the quarters barge at approximately 4:30 pm on 1 November.

  • Corps releases draft Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project environmental impact statement, seeks comments

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, posted a copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, or draft EIS, to its website for the proposed Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project in Ward County, North Dakota, Nov. 4.

  • Managed deer hunt scheduled at Smithville Lake

    SMITHVILLE, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Smithville Lake will host a special deer hunt for disabled hunters Nov. 19 and 20. All hiking and biking trails at Smithville Lake and Smithsfork Park will be closed during the two-day event.

  • Corps performs field studies at Willamette Valley dams

    Construction crews are on site at Hills Creek Dam as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins field investigation at some of its dams. The investigations at Hills Creek, Cougar and Lookout Point dams will give the Corps additional information to better understand conditions within the dams and in their foundations.

  • Corps to suspend flows to St. Lucie; reduce flows to Caloosahatchee

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will suspend flows from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie Estuary and reduce flows to the Caloosahatchee Estuary. The adjustment in discharges will take place tomorrow (Nov. 4). The new target flow for the Caloosahatchee Estuary will be a seven-day average of 1,425 cubic feet per second (cfs) as measured at W.P. Franklin Lock (S-79) near Fort Myers. No water from the lake will be released through St. Lucie Lock (S-80) near Stuart.

  • The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 10: Flotilla on the Delta

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg

  • No damage to Corps dams following Pawnee earthquake

    TULSA –The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found no earthquake-related damage to

  • Duval Co. shore protection project to continue during Sea & Sky Spectacular Airshow - public access impacts at Neptune Beach

    Work will continue on the Duval County Shore Protection Project throughout the Sea & Sky Spectacular Airshow this weekend, affecting public access areas along central and north Neptune Beach.