Lake Oahe 12 Feet Below Flood Control Zone And Expected To Decline Through September

Lake Oahe 12 Feet Below Flood Control Zone And Expected To Decline Through September

PIERRE — The U-S Army Corps of Engineers held their final Missouri River runoff briefing of 2022 Thursday. The Corps Ryan Larson says runoff into the upper Missouri River basin in August was lower than average…

Mike Swenson with the Corps says system storage is currently at 49-point-eight million acre feet; six-point-three million acre feet under the base of the annual flood control zone…

Runoff from flooding along the Yellowstone River in June is still working through the reservoir system, but not moving the needle much…

While the Corps’ monthly updates are over for they year, they will be hosting a series of fall public meetings along the Missouri River basin. A meeting is tentatively scheduled for the Casey Tibbs Rodeo Center in Fort Pierre on October 24th.