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LOWER MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (FRM) STUDY

KS, MO, IA, NE

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970

Type: Flood Risk

Developing solutions for: 

  • Increasing flood risk, economic damages, vulnerability, and repair costs in view of the 1993, 2011, 2019 and other floods targeting from Rulo, NE to the mouth

  • Concerns related to implementation approaches and a recognition that status quo of levee systems and FRM not sustainable by the four lower basin states 

  • Lack of regional prioritization of areas needing flood risk management improvement 

BLUE RIVER BASIN INTEGRATED STUDY

KS & MO
Authorized: Resolution of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Resolution dated 24 September 2008

Type: Multipurpose Ecosystem Restoration

Developing solutions for:

  • Loss of habitat along the channel corridor resulting in decreased connectivity

  • Decreased water quality in the basin

  • Increased risk of flooding in areas that lend themselves to nature-based flood protection

  • Integrated planning across many jurisdictional boundaries

KANSAS RIVER BASIN

KS

AuthorizedSection 729 of WRDA 1986

Type: Multipurpose

Developing solutions for: 

  • Loss of water supply and quality from ongoing erosion and sedimentation

  • Degrading environmental resources

  • Increasing drought and flood risk 

  • Impacts to recreational and social amenities

SHUNGAGNUNGA CREEK

KS 

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970

Type: Multipurpose Flood Risk

Developing solutions for: 

  • Yearly flooding of residential and commercial development in the basin

  • Potential multipurpose benefits associated with ecosystem restoration, water quality, recreational enhancement, and other social benefits

JERSEY CREEK NATURALIZATION

KS 
Authorized: Section 216 of Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970

Type: Ecosystem Restoration

Developing solutions for:

  • Three miles of degraded Jersey Creek stream corridor from previous flood risk projects

  • Degraded stream sinuosity, pool-riffle-run sequences, and riparian corridor habitat

  • Incorporation of compatible trails, stream access sites, and water quality improvements

ROCKY FORD

KS

AuthorizedSection 216 of Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970

Type: Ecosystem Restoration

Developing solutions for: 

  • Loss of aquatic habitat connectivity in the Blue River below Tuttle Creek Dam

  • Removal of existing stream impediments at the Rocky Ford site

  • Compatible recreational amenities that increase river use and access

SMOKY HILL

KS

AuthorizedSection 216 of Flood Control Act of 1970, P.L. 91-611, Dec 31, 1970

Type: Ecosystem Restoration

Developing solutions for: 

  • Downtown revitalization of City of Salina infrastructure, parks, and stream corridor

  • Old Channel habitat degradation from previous Corps flood reduction measures

  • Impacted in-stream, riparian, and wetland habitats

LOWER MISSOURI RIVER BASIN

NAVIGATION STUDY

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970

Type: Navigation

Developing solutions for: 

  • Loss of function and reliability of the Missouri River Navigation System (BSNP) 

  • Increasing overall costs of navigation to industry

  • Concerns with navigation safety 

  • Increasing cost effectiveness of BSNP operations and maintenance 

LOWER MISSOURI – HOLT (MO) AND DONIPHAN (KS) COUNTIES

MO & KS

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970

Type: Flood Risk 

Developing solutions for:

  • Reoccurring flood losses related to the existing patchwork of levee configurations that includes private and PL84-99 non-Federal levees

  • Increasing flood risk to a major transportation corridor that includes railroads and interstate highways. 

  • Increasing flooding for several small towns and thousands of acres of farmland

GRAND RIVER BASIN

MO & IA

Authorized: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Type: Ecosystem Restoration 

Status: Feasibility study complete. Expected to initiate Preconstruction Engineering and Design (GI) moving into construction (CG) in 2024.

Project Benefits: 

Relief from flooding and erosion for Missouri’s Pershing State Park and the people within the Grand River Basin region comprised of 12 counties in Missouri and Iowa. Forty thousand acres of wet emergent wetland, bottomland forest, and aquatic riverine habitat will be restored and enhanced by the project.

LOWER MISSOURI – JEFFERSTON CITY L-142

MO

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970

Type: Flood Risk

Developing solutions for:

Reoccurring flood impacts to industrial land uses, agricultural as well as to critical infrastructure including municipal water treatment and the Jefferson City

LOWER MISSOURI – BRUNSWICK L-246

MO

Authorized: Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970

Type: Flood Risk 

Developing solutions for: 

  • Reoccurring flooding at the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers that affect the  town of Brunswick  and surrounding farmland.

  • Increasing flood impacts to critical infrastructure including municipal water treatment  and railroad infrastructure

  • Lack of investment in a disadvantaged community 

LITTLE BLUE RIVER WATERSHED STUDY

MO

AuthorizedResolution of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for the Little Blue River Basin, Missouri, 108th Congress, 2nd Session, June 23, 2004

Type: Multipurpose Flood Risk 

Developing solutions for: 

  • Increasing flood risk in an expanding urbanized basin in Metro Kanas City 

  • Increasing flood frequency in this area 

  • Failing infrastructure in the basin 

OSAGE RIVER BASIN STUDY

MO

Authorized: Section 201(a) (22) of WRDA 2020, pg. 1407

Type: Ecosystem Restoration

Developing solutions for:

  • Destabilized river impacting natural resources as well as landowners

  • Barriers to fish passage

  • Infrastructure impacted by bank erosion


E-Mail: 

MOARC Association

PO Box 22647

Kansas City, MO 64113

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