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As a free-flowing river with no flood control dams, the Meramec is subject to flooding. In addition to a flood in December 1982, [ 6 ] there was major flooding December 2015 and in May 2017. [ 7 ] Only the community of Valley Park , protected by a $50 million levee designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was spared. [ 8 ]
The flooding closed a number of roads in Missouri around the Meramec River, and threatened to force the closure of Interstate 44 at Valley Park. [10] Unlike the Great Flood of 1993, which affected this same region, the majority of homes and businesses in Valley Park were protected from the flooding by a new levee built in 2005. [10]
Lone Elk Park also contains animals such as elk, deer, buffalo, and turkeys, which can be viewed on a drive through the park. Meramec Landing sits along the Meramec River. It is a small area to park and unload a boat or jet ski into the river, or for fishing. Simpson Park is located on the border of Valley Park next to Kirkwood. It has a large ...
Downpours earlier this week dumped 6-10 inches of rain on parts of eastern Missouri, which sent the Meramec River to major flood stage near and west of St. Louis.
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In St. Charles County, the Missouri River reached well above flood stage with forecasts as high as 11 feet (3.4 m) above flood stage, and seven private levees were threatened. Another hard-hit community was Arnold , where the Meramec River threatened to reach major flood stage for the third time in 2008, although sandbags were still up from the ...
Meramec River flooding [ edit ] The Meramec River crested at a record level of 47.26 feet on December 31, 2015, after a weekend of heavy rain, affecting over 300 homes and breaking the previous record crest from 1993. [ 14 ]