6 Sep 2018

Corps warns of minor to moderate flooding in Missouri River

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, urges caution due to recent an¬d probable future heavy rains and resulting high waters on area rivers and streams. Minor to moderate flooding continues in and along the Missouri River from Rulo, Neb. to Glasgow, Mo. Reaches of the Missouri River will remain above flood stage through the coming weekend. The storm system that produced the rainfall is expected to move east beginning tomorrow.

4 Sep 2018

Closures at Coralville Lake

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Due to rising lake levels, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Coralville Lake are closing several recreational areas starting September 4. Closed areas will include the Curtis Bridge Boat Ramp, the boat ramp and swim beach at Sandy Beach Day Use Area, campsites 170-181 and 194-208 and the beaches and boat ramp at the Sugar Bottom Recreation Area. Due to water over the roadway, 140th Street between Ely Road and the Sandy Beach Day Use Area will also be impassible.

12 Jul 2018

Army Corps to host public meeting on levee systems, flood risk management

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a public meeting July 18 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Smart Energy Building at Binghamton University (85 Murray Hill Road in Vestal) to present on and discuss levee systems in Broome, Chenango and Tioga counties along with other flood risk management-related topics like flood mapping, insurance and preparedness.

8 Jun 2018

Retiree Bob Sneed receives Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award

RIDGETOP, Tenn. (June 8 2018) – The retired water manager best known for overseeing water releases during the May 2010 flood of the Cumberland River received the Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award today during the Engineer Day Picnic at Smiley Hollow.

23 May 2018

Army Corps seeks comments for a draft environmental assessment related to Berlin Lake water levels

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District is seeking comments for a proposed temporary deviation to its Berlin Lake water control plan that would extend higher water levels longer in the lake.

22 May 2018

18-050 Walla Walla District receives $3.3M supplemental funding for rehabilitation of flood-damaged levees

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Four levees damaged during the 2017 flood season, located within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Walla Walla District area of operations, received a total of approximately $3.3 million in cumulative funding for flood-related repairs under Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February 9, 2018.

18 May 2018

18-049 Corps awards contract for emergency Heise-Roberts Levee repair

LORENZO, Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract today to conduct temporary emergency levee repairs on an eroded section of the Heise-Roberts Levee System, located on the Snake River near Lorenzo, Idaho, about 3.7 miles downstream from the U.S. Route 20 bridge. The contractor’s crews and equipment are in the process of mobilizing to the site to begin work. Hydraulic and civil engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District deployed to Jefferson County on May 16, 2018, to provide emergency-management assistance to Jefferson County, Idaho, and help stabilize the levee.

14 May 2018

Army Corps flood teams continue work in Okanogan and Pend Oreille counties

Flood teams from the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will initiate work today on the Riverside North levee in Riverside, Washington, along the Okanogan River while work continues in Okanogan, Washington, in Clark Fork, Idaho, and Plains, Montana.

12 May 2018

Army Corps flood fighters are working in Okanogan, Pend Oreille river basins

Flood teams from the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will initiate work today in Oroville, Washington, and Clark Fork, Idaho, and continue work in Okanogan and Conconully, Washington, and Plains, Montana.

11 May 2018

Army Corps flood fighters are working in Okanogan, delivering sandbags, assisting counties

Flood teams from the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have initiated erosion protection work in Okanogan, Washington, at the Mill Street Bridge, and have distributed 350,000 sandbags and 800 Supersacks to counties, cities and Tribes. Public meeting tonight in Cusick, Washington.