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  • Corps Suspends Drought Operations on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin

    Drought conditions throughout many areas of the Southeastern United States have begun to improve. Rainfall has been above normal for the past month throughout the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River system, which has led to increased inflows into the lakes and the river system. Under the provisions of the Revised Interim Operations Plan (RIOP), when the composite conservation storage in the ACF system enters Zone 1 along with favorable hydrologic conditions, drought operations are suspended and normal operations resume.

  • Critical rock removal work progressing efficiently resulting in open channel

    The first phase of the most critical rock removal work on the Mississippi River near Thebes, Ill., has been completed ahead of schedule, providing mariners with additional depth in the navigation channel.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works with navigation industry, Coast Guard to continue drought fight

    A long term, multi-pronged low-water campaign by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the navigation industry and the U.S. Coast Guard is successfully keeping the Mississippi River channel between Cairo, Ill., and St. Louis Mo., open for commercial barge traffic.

  • Corps keeps Mississippi River open as drought continues

    ST. LOUIS– The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to project river stages will sustain the authorized 9-foot deep commercial navigation channel between St. Louis, Mo., and Cairo, Ill. The Corps continues to apply all available capabilities and resources to keep the channel open.

  • How the Chicago District has 'weathered' recent storm events

    A look at Hurricane Sandy and drought impacts to district navigation infrastructure.

  • Corps' officials meet with Illinois leaders to discuss low water operations

    ALTON- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. John Peabody and St. Louis District Commander Col. Chris Hall met with state and local representatives yesterday in Alton, Ill., to discuss current and future actions the Corps will take to maintain a safe and reliable navigation channel during low water.

  • Corps of Engineers forego Homme Lake fall drawdown

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will not perform a fall drawdown of Homme Lake, near Park River, N.D., because of the current drought conditions.

  • Hugo Lake sets, then breaks record low

    On October 11, 2012, Hugo Lake hit a record low level of 398.45. The previous low lake elevation of 398.46 was recorded in November 1978. The new record low didn’t last 34 years. In fact, it was broken on midnight, Oct. 14, when the elevation reached 398.36.

  • Corps lakes providing water supply and water quality releases due to drought

    (Oct. 9, 2012) The Rock Island District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is currently operating its three Iowa reservoirs for drought conditions. With significantly decreased inflows, Saylorville Lake at Des Moines, Iowa; Lake Red Rock at Knoxville, Iowa; and Coralville Lake at Iowa City, Iowa; continue to release water to provide water supply and water quality for communities and utility needs downstream of the reservoirs.

  • Lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty without Twin Rivers

    The lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty if not for the water storage reservoirs along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and their tributaries that provide a stream of water management benefits.