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  • Corps closes flood Emergency Operations Centers

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (June 10) – Following the most recent spring flooding, May 28 through June 7, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, provided flood-fight supplies and on-the-ground technical assistance to areas along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers and their tributaries.

  • Coralville Reservoir pool expected to peak below spillway

    IOWA CITY, IA – (June 3) Due to changing weather patterns and the lack of forecasted rainfall over Coralville Reservoir’s 3,115 square-mile watershed in north central Iowa, Coralville Lake is not expected to overtop the spillway.

  • Access Road Across Coralville Dam to Close

    IOWA CITY – (June 2) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Coralville Lake will be completely closing the roadway that goes across the Coralville Dam beginning June 3, 2013 at 10:00 P.M.

  • Corps activates Emergency Operations Center to provide flood-fight support

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (May 31) – In response to National Weather Service forecasts predicting the potential for major flooding in areas along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers and their tributaries, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, activated its Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday, May 28. The District has also opened its remote Emergency Operations Center in the Quincy, Ill., area May 30, to more quickly address flood response needs.

  • Corps closing additional Mississippi River locks

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – (May 31) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will be closing four additional locks on the Mississippi River due to high river levels. The closures are necessary as the Mississippi River overtops lock gates making the locks inoperable.

  • Coralville Reservoir forecasted to overtop spillway; Corps increases outflows

    IOWA CITY, IA – (May 30) Due to recent heavy rainfall and forecasted precipitation over Coralville Reservoir’s 3,115 square-mile watershed in north central Iowa, Coralville Lake is expected to overtop the spillway on June 9.

  • Army Corps of Engineers making repairs at Marseilles earthen dike

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (May 29) – As part of ongoing repairs at the Marseilles Lock and Dam project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is placing HESCO barriers on the earthen dike located on the right descending bank of the Illinois River in Marseilles, Ill.

  • Corps increases Coralville Reservoir outflows due to heavy rainfall

    IOWA CITY, IA – (May 29) Recent heavy rainfall over portions of north central Iowa has increased runoff into Coralville Reservoir. To maintain water storage and flood risk management capability, reservoir outflows were increased to 10,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) this morning, May 29.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closing Mississippi River locks due to high water

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – (May 29) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will close three locks on the Mississippi River due to high river levels. The closures are necessary as the Mississippi River overtops lock gates making the locks inoperable.

  • Corps reservoirs prevent more than $53 million in damages during April flooding

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (May 16) – Following the heavy rains in April the Corps of Engineers began storing flood waters at its three reservoirs (Coralville, Red Rock and Saylorville) to reduce the amount of flooding downstream.