A warm February led to increased snowmelt and runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, but didn’t do much to change the outlook for the coming… Read More
Runoff
The latest 2023 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is showing improvement, the Corps of Engineers reports. “Spring precipitation, including increased… Read More
September precipitation was once again below average in the Missouri River Basin, the Corps of Engineers reports. September runoff in the basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 0.6 million… Read More
The month of June brought heavy rainfall in the upper Yellowstone River basin, which improved—but did not eliminate—drought conditions in the overall Missouri River basin, the Corps of Engineers… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ forecast continues to call for below-average runoff in the Missouri River basin. “The runoff in February was less than predicted, and we expect the… Read More
September precipitation was once again below average in the Missouri River Basin, the Corps of Engineers reported October 12. September runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City,… Read More
The Corps of Engineers’ Northwestern Division reported October 5 that September precipitation was well below normal in the Missouri River Basin. As a result, September runoff in the… Read More
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… 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… 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,… Read More
