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  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Call - 09/06/2024

    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 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Call - 08/08/2024

    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 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/31/24

    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 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/24/24

    Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/24/24
    Jul 24 2024
    The average daily release rate from Fort Peck is 8,000 cfs and monitoring of pallid sturgeon continues. Irrigators asked about the Wolf Point gauge and USACE will be talking to the USGS to get more information on the gauge. 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 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/17/24

    Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/17/24
    Jul 18 2024
    The average daily release rate from Fort Peck is 8,000 cfs and monitoring of pallid sturgeon continues. 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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    15 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Call - 07/11/2024

    Missouri River Basin Water Management - Call - 07/11/2024
    Jul 11 2024
    Significant rainfall led to an above average runoff in the upper Missouri River Basin. June runoff was 6.6 million acre-feet, which is 119% of average and 2.6 MAF higher than forecast.The rainfall totals exceeded 600% of normal over the 24-hour period. In response, releases from Fort Randall and Gavins Point dams were reduced, but they could not completely offset all the flooding.
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    44 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/10/24

    Missouri River Basin Water Management - Fort Peck Test Flows - Weekly Call - 07/10/24
    Jul 10 2024
    The second test flows from Fort Peck Dam to comply with the 2018 Biological Opinion resumed with a lower peak set at Wolf Point, Montana of 20,000 cfs. The average daily release rate from Fort Peck is 8,000 cfs and monitoring of the flow's effects continue.
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    19 min
  • Missouri River Basin Water Management - Flood Response - Ad hoc Call - 07/08/24

    Missouri River Basin Water Management - Flood Response - Ad hoc Call - 07/08/24
    Jul 8 2024
    The FINAL ad-hoc call. The Missouri River continues to drop below flood stage. The Kansas City and Omaha Districts are preparing for post-flood assessments and repairs. Gavins Point Dam releases have increased to 15,000 cfs as a return to normal operations.
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    20 min