Problems during flooding along the Mississippi River that the Memphis District monitors/reports on include:

bulletLevee Slides
bulletAerial View of a levee slide in Arkansas
bulletSlide at St. John's gate riverside ramp access to parking area
bulletSlide in St. Francis Levee District
bulletSand Boils
bulletSand Boil @ intersection of 26th and Commercial Streets Cairo. IL
bulletSand Boil
bulletSand Boil @ Highway 51 near Future City, IL
bulletSand Boil near Future City, IL
bulletSand Boil @ Highway 51 near Future City, IL
bulletSand Boil at toe of stability berm, Fulton County Levee at station 6/37+00
bulletSand Boil
bulletSand Boil
bulletRelief Wells
bulletRelief wells flowing along inlet channel of Lake No. 9 culvert
bulletPumping Plants
bulletW. G. Huxtable Pumping Plant
bulletFloodwalls
bulletWater on the floodwall @ 8th Street Cairo, IL
bulletFloodwall closure at 8th Street Cairo, IL
bulletLevee closure south of Mound City, IL
bulletStop logs in Hickman, KY floodwall at Monolith 12
bulletLevee Construction / Raises / Improvements
bulletMainline Levee, Commerce, MO to Birds-Point, MO
bulletGravel job, Commerce, MO to Birds-Point, MO
bulletHired labor raising grade on Dyer County Private Levee (DCPL) at station 17/42+00 to 18/5+00
bulletLocals assisting hired labor in placing material for grade raise on DCPL at station 19/40+00
bulletLevee Protection from Wave Wash
bulletLocal interest placed poly on riverside of DCPL at station 0/38+00 to 0/48+00
bulletPoly placed along DCPL under I-55
bulletPoly placed along DCPL under I-55
bulletSink Holes
bulletSink Hole @ 15th and Poplar Street, Cairo, IL
bulletIntersection of 5th and Poplar Street at Federal Building, Cairo, IL
bulletSand Bagging
bulletSand Bagging
bulletSand bagging gap in abandoned levee at Old Ferry Landing road crossing
bulletSeepage of Floodwaters Beneath Levees
bulletRelief well ditch, Nash, MO
bulletSeepage at levee station 25/26 near Caruthersville, MO
bulletSeepage underneath levee near West Memphis, AR
bulletTechnical Assistance
bulletRepairing leaking pipe at 38th Street Pumping Station, Cairo, IL
bulletAreas Receiving Damages from Floodwaters
bulletBackwater flooding of trailer park in the north Memphis area
bulletBlow out of bridge on Highway 104, 1.5 miles west of Big Boy Junction
bulletOvertopping of Private Levee - Tennemo Private Levee, northwest of Dyersburg, TN
bulletOvertopping of private levee
bulletOvertopping of lower end of the Tennemo private levee
bulletOvertopping of lower end of the Tennemo private levee
bulletMiscellaneous
bulletConfluence of Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, looking south from Cairo, IL (Ohio River is the brown water on the left)
bulletMississippi River relative to Riverside Drive in Memphis, TN
bulletSandbagging opening in Memphis Floodwall adjacent to the Pyramid Arena


This page last updated:  08/28/04