Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System

2011 Flood Regulation

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Army Corps of Engineers

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Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System

Fort Peck Garrison
Montana South Dakota North Dakota

Oahe
Wyoming

Big Bend

Fort Randall Gavins Point

Nebraska Colorado Kansas

Congressionally Authorized Project Purposes Flood Control Navigation Hydropower Irrigation Recreation Water Supply Iowa Water Quality Fish and Wildlife
(Including endangered species)

Missouri

Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project Sioux City, IA St. Louis, MO BUILDING STRONG
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Missouri River Mainstem System Storage Zones and Allocations

5 June 2011

Storage In MAF

Exclusive Flood Control 6% Current = 71.0 MAF Annual Flood Control & Multiple Use 16% 2011 Minimum = 56.8 MAF

Historic max - 1975

72.1

73.1 68.4

28 January 2011

56.8

Carryover Multiple Use 53%

Historic min - 2007

33.9

System storage change since 2011 runoff season began = +14.2 MAF
2011 Minimum 2011 Current

Permanent Pool 25%

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17.9

Flood Control Storage

(Exclusive) (Exclusive) (Exclusive)

Fort Peck
(Annual)

Garrison Oahe
(Annual) (Annual)

The shapes are to scale and represent the relative size of the total flood control storage (annual + exclusive) at the six mainstem projects.

Big Bend

(Exclusive)

Fort Randall

Project

Total Flood Control Storage (ac-ft) 3,675,000 5,711,000 4,303,000 177,000 2,294,000 108,000

% of Total Flood Storage 22.6 35.1 26.5 1.1 14.1 0.7

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(Annual)

Fort Peck Garrison Oahe Big Bend Fort Randall Gavins Point

Gavins Point

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Mainstem Reservoir Levels

5 June 2011
Fort Peck
Exclusive Flood Control = 1.0 MAF Annual Flood Control & Multiple Use = 2.7 MAF 2235.1 2 2 2 0 .1 Carryover Multiple Use 2160 2030 2250.3 2250 2246 2234

Garrison
Exclusive Flood Control = 1.5 MAF Annual Flood Control & Multiple Use = 4.2 MAF

1853.6

1854 1850 1837.5

2 2 21837.7 0 .1

Carryover Multiple Use 1775 1673

Permanent Pool

Permanent Pool

Oahe
Exclusive Flood Control = 1.1 MAF Annual Flood Control & Multiple Use = 3.2 MAF

1619.2

1620 1617 1607.5

Fort Randall
Exclusive Flood Control = 1.0 MAF Annual Flood Control & Multiple Use = 1.3 MAF Carryover Multiple Use 1360.4
2 2 2 0 .1

1375 1365 1350

2 2 2 0 .1 1617.2

1340.3

Carryover Multiple Use 1540 1415

Permanent Pool 2011 Minimum 2011 Current

Permanent Pool

1320 1240

Runoff Components
Plains Snowpack Mountain Snowpack Rainfall

March and April

May, June and July

March through October

2011 Forecast* = 54.6 MAF

Highest runoff since 1898

Previous Record was 49.0 MAF in 1997

*June 1 Forecast
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Plains Snowpack
25 February 2011

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May 2011 Precipitation

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Missouri River Runoff above Sioux City 2011 Actual/Forecasted versus Normal
Million Acre-Feet
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228 %

12 10
267%

321 %

8 6 4 2 0

231%

224 %

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

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Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Normal

2011 Actual/Forecasted

Missouri River Basin May 2011 Runoff

Fort Peck: 2.9 maf (266%)
Garrison : 4.4 maf (355%) Oahe : 1.3 maf (403%)

Fort Randall: 0.3 maf (207%) Gavins Point : 0.1 maf (100%)

Sioux City: 1.6 maf (549%)

Nebraska City St. Louis

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Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir May 2011 Runoff

2011 Fort Peck Garrison Fort Peck and Garrison Total Above Sioux City 2.9 MAF 4.4 MAF 7.3 MAF 10.5 MAF Previous Record 2.6 MAF(1975) 2.8 MAF(1978) 6.7 MAF(1952) 7.2 MAF(1995)

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Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Manual

First published in 1960 Updated in 1975 and 1979 Master Manual Review and Update began in November 1989 in response to late 1980s / early 1990s drought Amended Biological Opinion received from USFWS in December 2003 Manual was revised for drought conservation in March 2004 Again revised in March 2006 for Gavins Point spring pulse Annual Operating Plan (AOP) developed annually in accordance with Master Manual
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2011 Mainstem System Regulation

Mainstem Reservoir System has been operated in accordance with the Master Manual Release schedules have been coordinated with LRD and MVD, but we do not have authority to regulate the mainstem reservoir system solely for the benefit of the Mississippi River No operational decisions have been driven by ESA (nesting least terns and piping plovers); reservoirs have been operating for flood risk reduction.
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2011 Mainstem System Regulation

Full flood control capacity of the mainstem reservoir system was available at the start of the 2011 runoff season
was 3rd highest runoff year on record All flood water was evacuated prior to start of runoff
2010

High releases will continue through at least midAugust to evacuate stored flood water
Goal

is to evacuate reservoirs to provide time for damage assessment and repair prior to next years runoff season

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Background slides
Photos of 6 mainstem dams

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Fort Peck

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Garrison

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Oahe

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Big Bend

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Fort Randall

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Gavins Point

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