Missouri River Basin Water Management

By: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division
  • Summary

  • Following historic flooding in the Missouri River Basin during 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division committed to providing more frequent communications with stakeholders in the basin. The Corps aims to keep the basin informed about reservoir operations, current and forecast weather conditions and reservoir release plans. Congressional delegation members and/or representatives, Tribes, state governments, county and local officials and the media participate on each call.
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  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Call - 09/06/2024
    Sep 6 2024
    Drought is present across 73% of the Basin. August runoff was 1.2 MAF, 86% of average above Sioux City. The updated upper Basin runoff forecast for is 23.8 MAF, 92% of average. On Sept. 1, the volume of water stored in the System was 55.1 MAF, or 1.0 MAF below the base of the flood control zone. Storage is expected to decline through the fall. Expect System storage to be about 4.7 MAF below the base of flood control zone at the start of the 2025 runoff season
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    34 mins
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Call - 08/08/2024
    Aug 9 2024
    July runoff in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 2.8 million acre-feet, 85% of average with below-average runoff in the upper three reaches and above-average runoff in the lower three reaches. The annual runoff forecast above Sioux City, Iowa is 23.9 MAF, 93% of average. “July brought warmer and drier weather to the Missouri River Basin,” said John Remus, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division.
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    31 mins
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/31/24
    Jul 31 2024
    This is the final call of the 2024 flow test. The average daily release rate from Fort Peck is 8,000 cfs and monitoring of pallid sturgeon continues. However, there is no indication of spawning therefore a drift flow was not undertaken. An update on the Wolf Point and Culbertsn gauges was provided. Monitoring of the from the test such as pool levels, erosion, dam safety, etc., will continue once the test is complete later this fall.
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    18 mins

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