Audio by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 03.06.2025
The 2025 calendar year runoff forecast above Sioux City is 22.1 MAF, 86% of average. The runoff forecast is based on current soil moisture conditions, plains snowpack, mountain snowpack, and long-term precipitation and temperature outlooks. Average is 25.7 MAF. The March 3 mountain snowpack in the Fort Peck reach was 89% of average, while the mountain snowpack in the Fort Peck to Garrison......
Audio by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 03.26.2024
The spring public meeting, held in Fort Yates, North Dakota by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Missouri River Water Management Division presented current conditions, and the projected operation of the mainstem reservoir system. The runoff forecast remains below average for 2024. Among the topics presented was the Fort Peck Test Flows scheduled for late April through July 2024....
Audio by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 06.04.2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held its final scheduled Missouri River Mainstem System water management update for the 2020 runoff season. The current forecast indicates runoff will be between and upper quartile or upper decile year. Average runoff is about 25 million acre feet. The current forecast is 32.3 MAF....
Audio by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 02.06.2017
Each month from January to mid summer, the Missouri River Water Management Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division provides an updated runoff forecast to the media and elected officials across the Missouri River Basin. The calls are recorded and made available to the public....
Audio by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 01.09.2017
Each month from January to mid summer, the Missouri River Water Management Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division provides an updated runoff forecast to the media and elected officials across the Missouri River Basin. The calls are recorded and made available to the public....