USGS Flood Information
Past Flood Events | 2011
2011 proved to be another record-breaking flood year in the United States. USGS personnel from North Dakota to Louisiana were busy measuring Spring floods on the Red River of the North, the Ohio River, the Mississippi River, and many tributaries. Water Science Centers along the Missouri River and its tributaries saw record-breaking snow-melt runoff through the summer. The following link outlines some of the nation-wide efforts of the USGS to study and document these record-breaking floods:
Events
Focal points of Spring/Summer floods in the Central US:
Memphis flood inundation mapping
Water-Quality Sampling of the Mississippi Flood Waters - May 2011
Summary Information For 2011 Floods
USGS Professional Paper 1798: 2011 Floods of the Central United States:Summary - Flood information sheet: Science Efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey
Chapter B - General Weather Conditions and Precipitation
Chapter C - Peak Streamflows and Runoff Volumes
Chapter E - New Madrid Floodway Stages and Streamflows
Other chapters coming soon...
Video: The Anatomy of Floods: The Causes and Development of 2011's Epic Flood Events
2011 Service Assessments from the National Weather Service
Divine Providence - The 2011 flood in the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, by Charles Camillo (USACE, 2012)
USACE MR&T Post-Flood Reports of the Mississippi River system. See also: video
USACE Post 2011 Flood Event Analysis of the Missouri River Mainstem Flood Control Storage
IRTF Report - Interagency Recovery Task Force website with 2011-12 report.
Contrasting USGS Landsat satellite images of Mississippi River near Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Arkansas in 2006 and 2011
Flood Photos from USGS Multimedia Gallery
For questions related to this site or to contribute content, please email Todd Koenig or Bob Holmes at the USGS Office of Surface Water.
