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  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-86 Lock 4 - Notice of Lock Closure

    MKARNS - The Emmett Sanders Lock (NM 66.0) is closed to traffic due to high flows. The lock will reopen as the flows drop to safe navigation levels.

  • Illinois Waterway Visitor Center Announces Temporary Closure

    Ottawa, Ill. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has temporarily closed the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center located at Starved Rock Lock and Dam in Ottawa, Illinois, due to high water on the Illinois River.

  • Corps operates the Old River Control Complex, Overbank Structure

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Old River Overbank Structure Dec. 30, 2015 when the Mississippi River was projected to reach the trigger of 52 feet at the Knox Landing gage.

  • Corps reminds visitors of weapon regulations governing USACE lakes

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like to remind visitors to area Corps

  • America the Beautiful passes now available at Corps parks

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin issuing America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands interagency passes at its parks and lakes beginning Jan. 1, 2016.

  • Major flooding threatens Mississippi River Valley, Army Corps flood fighters fully engaged

    The Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, fully activated its flood fighting emergency management operations for the Rock Island, St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans districts to manage rapidly rising water levels on the Mississippi River and several tributaries, with the highest Mississippi River levels since the Great Flood of 2011.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWl 15-85 Lock 6 - Notice of Lock Closure

    MKARNS - The David D. Terry Lock (No. 6) NM 108.1 is closed to traffic due to high flows . The lock will reopen as the flows drop to safe navigation levels.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-84 Lock 7 - Notice of Lock Closure

    MKARNS - The Murray Lock (No. 7) NM 125.4 is closed to traffic due to high flows. The lock will reopen as the flows drop to safe navigation levels.

  • Major flooding threatens Mississippi River Valley, Army Corps flood fighters fully engaged

    VICKSBURG, Miss., December 29, 2015 – The Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, fully activated its flood fighting emergency management operations for the Rock Island, St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans districts to manage rapidly rising water levels on the Mississippi River and several tributaries, with the highest Mississippi River levels since the Great Flood of 2011.

  • Corps of Engineers to begin Phase II floodfight efforts

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 30, 2015 – The Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) initiated Phase II floodfighting this morning due to high river stages on the Mississippi and St. Francis Rivers. The area of current or possible flooding is located in the northern portion of the Memphis District in the Charleston (Missouri) Area, Reelfoot-Obion (Kentucky) Area, Cairo (Illinois) Area on the Lower Mississippi River and the Upper St. Francis Area on the St. Francis River. The lands likely to be affected by the forecasted high water on the Lower Mississippi River are located in and around the communities of Cairo, Ill., Cape Girardeau, New Madrid and Scott City, Mo., Wickliffe, Ky., and Tiptonville, Tenn. On the St. Francis River the areas of Wappapello and Fisk, Mo., are likely to be affected.