Missouri River near Jefferson City Airport, July 30, 1993
Missouri River at US Hwy 54 near Jefferson City, July 30, 1993
The Great Flood of 1993 occurred from May through September along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries. Major flooding occurred across North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois resulting in over 50 deaths and billions of dollars in damages.
Photo album
The Great Flood of 1993-Recordbreaking Peaks
August 1, 2003, was the 10th anniversary of the "Flood of 1993," referred to by many as the "Great Flood" or "Record Flood of 1993." The Great Flood of 1993 constituted the most costly and devastating flood to ravage the United States in modern history. Levees were broken, farmland, town, and transportation routes were destroyed, thousands of people were forced to abandon their homes, and 47 people died as a direct result of the flood.
The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that the flood caused enormous human suffering. At least 75 towns were completely inundated, some of which have not been rebuilt. The Great Flood of 1993 inundated more than 20 million acres in nine states. Approximately 54,000 people had to be evacuated from flooded areas at some time during the flood, and approximately 50,000 homes were destroyed or damaged. Losses were estimated at 15 to 20 billion dollars.
In May 2003 ten years after the flood, the US Department of Homeland Security published a 10th-Anniversary Anthology of Stories of Hardship and Triumph.
Below are publications associated with this project.
The 1903 and 1993 floods in Kansas: The effects of changing times and technology
The Great Flood of 1993 on the Upper Mississippi River—10 years later
Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th century - USGS Measures a Century of Floods
Physical and chemical data on sediments deposited in the Missouri and the Mississippi River flood plains during the July through August 1993 flood
Summary of floods in the United States, January 1992 through September 1993
Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River basin: Flood of August 1-3, 1993, in St. Louis and vicinity, Missouri
Geomorphic changes on the Mississippi River flood plain at Miller City, Illinois, as a result of the flood of 1993
Simulation of the effect of traffic barricades on backwater along U.S. Highway 54 at Jefferson City, Missouri-1993 flood on the Missouri River
Scour, sedimentation, and sediment characteristics at six levee-break sites in Missouri from the 1993 Missouri River Flood
Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin — Flood of July 10 and 27, 1993, in Kansas City Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, and vicinity
Flood of July 9-11, 1993, in the Raccoon River basin, west-central Iowa
The Great Flood of 1993 occurred from May through September along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries. Major flooding occurred across North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois resulting in over 50 deaths and billions of dollars in damages.
Photo album
The Great Flood of 1993-Recordbreaking Peaks
August 1, 2003, was the 10th anniversary of the "Flood of 1993," referred to by many as the "Great Flood" or "Record Flood of 1993." The Great Flood of 1993 constituted the most costly and devastating flood to ravage the United States in modern history. Levees were broken, farmland, town, and transportation routes were destroyed, thousands of people were forced to abandon their homes, and 47 people died as a direct result of the flood.
The Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, reported that the flood caused enormous human suffering. At least 75 towns were completely inundated, some of which have not been rebuilt. The Great Flood of 1993 inundated more than 20 million acres in nine states. Approximately 54,000 people had to be evacuated from flooded areas at some time during the flood, and approximately 50,000 homes were destroyed or damaged. Losses were estimated at 15 to 20 billion dollars.
In May 2003 ten years after the flood, the US Department of Homeland Security published a 10th-Anniversary Anthology of Stories of Hardship and Triumph.
Below are publications associated with this project.