Navigation Notices: Missouri River
All River Basins: USCG LNM’s for week 12-25
Please find the links to the USCG LNM’s for week 12-25 below: First District Fifth District Seventh District Eighth District: Western Rivers Eighth District: Gulf Coast Ninth District Eleventh District…
Read MoreGavins Point releases increasing for navigation flow support; Upper basin runoff stays below average
Dateline: OMAHA, Neb. – 3/6/2025 Summary: The updated 2025 calendar year runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, continues to be below average. February runoff in…
Read MoreMissouri River Update – 24Jan2025
The Corps is currently tracking three ice jams on the Missouri River described in order from upstream to downstream (below). I’ve included descriptions with either USACE stage plots or NWS…
Read MoreMissouri River Update – 21 Jan 2025
Very cold temperatures over the past three days have caused heavy ice formation on the Missouri River from downstream of Gavins Point Dam into the state of Missouri. As of…
Read MoreGavins Point Dam releases to be reduced to winter release rate
Summary: Gavins Point Dam releases will be reduced in late November as flow support to navigation ends. Releases are currently 32,000 cubic feet per second. “We will continue to make…
Read MoreIce Flows on the Missouri River
We just received an update that LP Wright is still holding in position near the Harrah’s Casino. The company has a pilot monitoring the vessel. The ice is starting to…
Read MoreIce Floes on Missouri River
There have been numerous reports of heavy flowing ice on the Missouri River in the Kansas City area. Over the last three days we have seen 3 barges stalled and…
Read MoreMissouri River Update
The above-normal temperatures over the last 10 days in combination with rain yesterday near Omaha weakened the ice cover near Omaha at river mile 628 to the point it has…
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