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  • Missouri River runoff below normal in July

    Runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, for the month of July was 2.7 million acre feet (MAF), 81 percent of normal. The 2015 runoff forecast is 25.0 MAF, 99 percent of normal. Average annual runoff is 25.2 MAF. The total volume of water stored in the Mainstem Reservoir System is currently 61.3 MAF, occupying 5.2 MAF of the 16.3 MAF combined flood control storage zones. System storage peaked on July 9 at 61.9 MAF and is gradually declining. The water currently stored in the annual flood control zone will be released during the remainder of the year to serve navigation, water supply and other downstream purposes and will be completely evacuated prior to the start of next year’s runoff season.

  • Summer Hire students receive firsthand Corps experience

    For Zama High School students Amanda Davis, Logan Perera and Jake Bayardo, working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District means an opportunity to learn logistics, administrative duties and visit construction sites.

  • 15-049 Corps invites public to learn more about upcoming Mill Creek levee maintenance; comments on draft FONSI and EA due Aug. 24

    WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District (Corps) will host a public meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 12, to provide information and solicit written comments on a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for maintenance to occur along the landward-side of the Corps-managed portion of the Mill Creek Levee System in Walla Walla.

  • USACE to allow temporary mooring at Belton Lake

    FORT WORTH, Texas – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Belton Lake will temporarily allow lake worthy floating structures to be relocated to an appropriate area pending rehabilitation and replacement of the Pier 36 Marina.

  • Corps deactivates Phase II flood fight

    Water levels along the Mississippi River continue to drop, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deactivate Phase II flood fight inspections, however Phase I flood fight procedures will continue until the river at Carrollton gauge falls below 11 feet.

  • MKARNS Nav Notice SWL 15-53 Lock 09 Tow Haulage Out of Service

    Ormond L&D - Tow haulage equipment at Arthur V. Ormond Lock (No. 9) NM 176.9 is out of service. Double cut tows will have to be locked the conventional way (without the use of tow haulage).

  • Army Corps corrects water release schedule at Francis E. Walter Dam

    PHILADELPHIA (August 17, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps Engineers’ Philadelphia District has updated the schedule for the 2015 Francis E. Walter Dam recreation plan with a correction. On Aug. 7, the Army Corps posted a news release with several incorrect dates for additional whitewater and fisheries releases, which were added because enough water storage has accumulated in the reservoir. Precipitation throughout the early part of the summer has enabled the Army Corps to add the first eight increments of the plan, which includes 4 additional whitewater releases and fisheries enhancement water releases from July 25-Oct. 8.

  • Corps of Engineers rededicating Big Sandy Lake visitor center

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, invites the public to attend a rededication ceremony of the remodeled visitor center at Big Sandy Lake Recreation Area, near McGregor, Minnesota.

  • 15-048 McNary Dam offers up-close look at 'tall ship'

    UMATILLA, Ore. – McNary Lock and Dam staff will allow access to the north side of the navigation lock Monday afternoon to allow visitors an up-close look at a “tall ship” as it locks past the dam on its way to Arlington, Ore., Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, officials announced today.

  • Corps seeks comments on draft environmental assessment for Columbia River navigation channel maintenance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment for continued maintenance of the Columbia River Federal Navigation Channel.