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The Mississippi River is expected to crest in Red Wing just below major flood stage on Monday. According to the National Weather Service, it is considered "Major Flooding" at 16 feet. As of Monday ...
By Saturday, the level is forecast to crest at 31.5 feet. However, rain is still falling. At 31.5 feet, minor flooding will occur. For perspective, during the 2020 flood which impacted more than ...
A top-three crest is projected for the Mississippi River at LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and Dubuque, Iowa. Water levels are expected to reach within 2 feet of the record at both locations, which are 17. ...
The Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States. [3] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about 41% of the country's rivers.
Mississippi River floods of 2019. Flooding in the Mississippi River Basin during the winter, spring, and summer of 2019 caused at least 12 deaths and economic losses in 19 states totaling in excess of $20 billion. [1] [2] Estimated damages in the Midwestern United States alone had reached $12.5 billion by April 2019.
The Mississippi River [b] is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. [c] [15] [16] From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) [16] to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.
Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at (920) 996-7266 or mheim@gannett.com .
USACE St. Paul District Locks and Dams; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) historical overviews: . HAER No. MN-20, "Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project History, Mississippi River between Minneapolis & Guttenberg, IA, Red Wing vicinity, Goodhue County, MN", 48 data pages (Lock & Dam Nos. 3–10)