The Memphis District is one of 41 districts in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We are part of the Mississippi Valley Division. The Memphis District, along with the Vicksburg, New Orleans, St. Paul, Rock Island and St. Louis Districts fall under the division’s jurisdiction. The Division Headquarters is in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

The district covers a 25,000 square mile area. We serve customers in portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. Our customers also include 100 flood control districts, water resource, and wildlife agencies from six states, four Port Commissions, the Lower Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association as well as eight Congressional Districts and 12 Senators.

We are responsible for maintaining and improving 355 miles of the Mississippi River main channel from Cairo, Illinois, to the mouth of the White River. We also maintain over 640 miles of mainline levees along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, 10 inland harbors and 255 miles of navigation channel on the White River in Arkansas.

Memphis District Headquarters is located in downtown Memphis at the Ordell Horton Federal Building. The district also operates out of Ensley Engineer Yard, an engineering, marine maintenance, and mooring facility in Lake McKeller Harbor, and a field office in Caruthersville, Missouri.