The story of the Floods of 2019 is not over. Gauges are dropping on some parts of the Mississippi River, but most places remain above flood stage. A new round… Read More
Upper Mississippi River
It’s already clear that the Floods of 2019 will collectively amount to one of the worst natural disasters ever faced by midwestern farmers and residents. The 12-month period from May… Read More
Waves of new storms hit saturated ground throughout the Midwest, sending water barreling into already-swollen rivers, breaching levees, closing locks, flooding cities and approaching all-time flood records across the length… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is delaying plans to dispose of three Mississippi River locks and dams near the Twin Cities. For a year, the Corps had been considering the… Read More
In a typical high-water season, river traffic would be picking up on the Upper Mississippi River as high water recedes. But nothing has been typical about this season, as snowmelt… Read More
G&G Steel recently completed work on new upper and lower gates for Upper Mississippi River Lock 12. The upper gate is 25 feet tall by 62 feet wide and weighs 110 tons… Read More
The mv. Aaron F. Barrett, pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul, Minn., was locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, today (April 24) around 7 a.m. The… Read More
The environmental group American Rivers released a list of the 10 “most endangered” rivers of 2019 that named the Upper Mississippi as the third most endangered. American Rivers blames flood-control… Read More
The Upper Mississippi River remains closed to traffic above St. Louis, with the reopening dates of several locks pushed further back due to continued high water and more expected rainfall. Read More
Historic levels of high water and flooding, and the resulting silt, have closed or restricted commercial traffic on large parts of the nation’s river systems. Along the Gulf of Mexico,… Read More
