Although Upper Midwest soils are still wet, and some tributaries are still experiencing high water, moderate precipitation this spring has eased flood fears on the Missouri River and led the… Read More
John Remus
As part of its preparation for the 2020 runoff season, the Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division announced February 6 that Gavins Point releases were increased from… Read More
The record floods of 2019 left Upper Midwest soils so super-saturated that even a modest increase in winter precipitation and runoff could threaten another record flood season on the Missouri… Read More
The floods of 2019 set dozens of new records. In the north-central river forecast region, the year 2019 recorded minor flood forecasts for 96 consecutive days; moderate flood forecasts for… Read More
Higher-than-average releases from all Missouri River Mainstem system projects, including Gavins Point Dam, will continue through November, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced November 6. “Gavins Point releases will… Read More
Widespread and heavy rainfall in the upper Missouri River basin (above Sioux City, Iowa) resulted in another month of above-average runoff, the Corps of Engineers reported September 5. Precipitation during… Read More
Widespread and heavy rainfall in the upper Missouri River basin—above Sioux City, Iowa—resulted in another month of above average runoff, the Corps of Engineers reported. Areas of Montana, Wyoming, South… Read More
Much-above average runoff in the upper Missouri River basin (above Sioux City, Iowa) extended into June following widespread and heavy rainfall in South Dakota and Nebraska. Additionally, widespread and heavy… Read More
Precipitation totaling between 2 to 5 inches fell over central Nebraska and much of South Dakota during the first half of last week. Because of the rain, inflows into the… Read More
Runoff into the upper Missouri River basin in April was 7.8 million acre feet (maf.), the third highest April runoff in the 121 years of record-keeping, the Corps of Engineers… Read More