1. Welcome Rob Rash CEO/Chief Engineer St
Welcome Rob Rash CEO/Chief Engineer St. Francis Levee District of Arkansas

4. WARNING! This area is shown as being protected from the 1-percent-annual-chance flood hazard by levee, dike, or other structure. Overtopping or failure of this structure is possible, which could result in destructive flood elevations and high velocity floodwaters. There is a chance that large floods will occur that are greater than the level of protection provided by the levee. Communities should issue evacuation plans and encourage property owners behind these structures to purchase flood insurance even if the structure is currently shown as providing protection for the 1-percent-annual-chance flood.

5. Mississippi River Basin
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41% of the Continental United States
Drainage from Colorado (West) and New York (East)
Ohio River contributes 68% and Mississippi River contributes 32%.

6. 1928 Flood Control Act Government became involved
Authorized Mississippi River & Tributaries Project (MR&T)
Improved existing Levees
Levee District Sponsored, Operated & Maintained

7. 1928 Flood Control Act
“The flood used in the design of this plan is that predicted by the Weather Bureau as the “maximum possible” and by the Mississippi River Commission as the “maximum probable.” The stages predicted by these two bodies were practically the same. When there was a difference the higher stage was used. This resulted in a project flood with stages, if confined, of 66 feet at Cairo. The Weather Bureau obtained its “maximum possible” flood at Cairo by using the maximum Ohio flood with “the Mississippi, Cumberland, and Tennessee Rivers contributing their tides at just the proper time to insure the greatest effect at Cairo, an improbable occurrence it is admitted but nevertheless a remotely possible one.” The predicted stage at Arkansas City, 74 feet, is the result of the above stage at Cairo and the Arkansas and White at their maximum predicted stage. Below the Red the same flood reduced by river channel reservoir capacity and with flow from the Yazoo and Red added gives the project flood, which is taken as 3,000,000 second-feet.”

8. Changes to 1928 FC Act
Mississippi River Levees modified after 1937 & 1950 floods
Current Project Design based on modifications for 1973 flood
Numerous Flood Control reservoirs have been constructed on the Ohio, Missouri, Cumberland, Tennessee and numerous other Tributaries to the Mississippi River

9. Pecan Point Seepage Control Project
Includes Installation of 100 Relief Wells.
Project completed in October 2005.

10. Lime/Fly-Ash Injection
Goal: Lime/Fly-Ash Slurry fills voids and reacts with Clay minerals
5’ Center Spacing (Primary & Secondary)
10-15’ Deep Injection Depths
Mix – 1 part lime / 3 parts fly-ash
6-8 lbs of mix / gallon water
Primary Injection – 1 lb/ft3
Secondary Injection – 0.5 lb/ft3

11. Slope Flattening 5’ 1 1.5 Procedure Advantages Disadvantages
Failure Surface
Flattened Slope
(1V on 4.5 H) 1
Original Slope
1.5
Excavation Line
Procedure Advantages Disadvantages
Excavate Existing Material 1. Low Cost Borrow Required
Locate Additional Borrow 2. Permanent fix ROW Issues
Mix new material with existing Environmental Issues
Construct to Stable Slope Potential for Bad Borrow

12. Tree/Woody Growth LANDSIDE RIVERSIDE BLOCKS EMERGENCY ACCESS
UNCONTROLLED PIPING THROUGH
AND ALONG ROOT CAVITIES

13. Maintenance Items

14. Levee Section

15. Flood of 1927
Flood of 1927
The great flood of 1927 and it devastating effects led to the creation the following year of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, or MR&T. That defining event changed the course of progress and history throughout the lower valley with the Corps taking over flood protection from local jurisdictions. The MR& T is a comprehensive approach to flood protection that combines revetments, pumping stations, floodways and levees to protect the people of the Lower Valley.
MR &T Status
88% complete.
After FY 2005, estimated $4.3 billion to complete the project.
Backlog of $74 million.
Investment of $12 billion.
Return of $284 billion.
23.9 to 1 – damages reduced per dollar spent.

16. Levee Section

17. Level of Protection

20. Level of Protection

21. In Summary
MR&T Project extends from Cape Girardeau, MO to the Gulf of Mexico
Protects 35,000 square miles
15 Million People
Authorized in 1928 Flood Control Act
15.0 Billion dollars of Federal Investments and untold Billions of dollars in local investments over 150 years

22. In Summary
“Recommendation” to purchase flood insurance is taken by the Bankers and Mortgage Lenders as a regulation
FEMA actions will create an economic disaster for both businesses and individuals
Negate Billions of dollars spent federally and locally to protect the most productive and fasting growing area in the country