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The Mississippi River exceeded flood stage at Vicksburg on 10 January 2019, then fell back below flood stage on 22 January 2019, before rising above flood stage again on 15 February 2019. During this first event, water levels on the protected side of the Steele Bayou Drainage Structure peaked at 91.5 feet (27.9 meters) then fell back to 89.2 ...
The Mississippi Flood of 1973 occurred between March and May 1973 on the lower Mississippi River. [5] The flood resulted in the largest volume of water to flow down the Mississippi since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Both the Bonnet Carre Spillway and the Morganza Spillway were employed. The Bonnet Carre was fully opened between April 7 ...
The Mississippi River can be divided into three sections: the Upper Mississippi, the river from its headwaters to the confluence with the Missouri River; the Middle Mississippi, which is downriver from the Missouri to the Ohio River; and the Lower Mississippi, which flows from the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico.
Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and killed bottlenose dolphins that live in saltwater, according ...
Vicksburg Post Office and Customs House (built c. 1894; now the Mississippi River Commission), 1400 Walnut Street; Bonelli House (built c. 1889), 1100 Clay Street; Blum House (built 1902), 1420 Cherry Street; [9] NRHP-listed; Vicksburg City Hall (built 1903), 1401 Walnut Street; McDermott House (built c. 1905), 1100 South Street; NRHP-listed [10]
Spans Jackson Rd. in Vicksburg National Military Park: Vicksburg: Demolished by the National Park Service in June 2002 [10] 2: Sprague: Sprague: April 15, 1977 (#77000795) May 15, 1987: Vicksburg Harbor: Vicksburg: Severely damaged by fire in 1974. Sank during restoration in 1979. [11] Further damaged beyond repair during salvage in 1981. [12] [13]
The 1973 flood was the first time the Morganza Spillway was opened: from April 19 through June 13. At Memphis, Tennessee, the Mississippi was over flood stage for 63 days, more than that of the historic 1927 flood, and the river was above flood stage for an even longer 107 days at upstream Cairo, Illinois. [3]
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles (70,000 km 2) inundated in depths of up to 30 feet (9 m) over the course of several months in early 1927. The period cost of the damage has been estimated to be between $246 million and $1 billion, which ranges ...