USGS boat crew prepares for a discharge measurement
Measuring discharge during the May 2011 Memphis, Tennessee flood
Learn more about USGS flood activities related to the May 2011 flood in Memphis, Tennessee, including deploying emergency real-time surface-water stage gages at critical locations in Shelby County.
The USGS Tennessee Water-Science Center worked in cooperation with FEMA, USACE, National Weather Service, and local agencies to provide emergency real-time surface-water stage gages at critical locations in Shelby County. The emergency gages included a replacement gage on the Mississippi River at Memphis and other critical locations. Information from the gages assisted the National Weather Service and the Emergency Management agencies in flood forecasts as the crest of the Mississippi river flooding approached and passed Memphis, Tennessee.
The USGS Tennessee Water-Science Center sent four additional crews deployed to the FEMA emergency designated areas, Stewart, Lake, Dyer, and Shelby Counties in Tennessee to document high-water levels in the flooded areas. Six transducers were also deployed to monitor the flood rise, peak levels, and recession. The combination of the high-water marks, transducers, and the emergency gaging are being used to develop flood inundation maps for FEMA.
USGS Activities in the News:
Below are other science projects associated with this flood event.
Historical Flooding
Tropical Storm Lee
Hurricane Irene
2011 - The Year of the Flood
Summer 2011 Missouri River Basin flood
Spring/Summer 2011 Mississippi River Basin Floods
May 2011 Louisiana flood
May 2011 New Madrid Floodway
April 2011 Arkansas Flood
April 2011 North Dakota Flood
Below are publications associated with this flood event.
Ecosystem effects in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
Monitoring of levees, bridges, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure during the 2011 flooding in the Mississippi River Basin
Annual exceedance probabilities and trends for peak streamflows and annual runoff volumes for the Central United States during the 2011 floods
Assessment of floodplain vulnerability during extreme Mississippi River flood 2011
2011 floods of the central United States
Streamflow characterization and summary of water-quality data collection during the Mississippi River flood, April through July 2011
Peak streamflows and runoff volumes for the Central United States, February through September, 2011
Below are partners associated with this flood event.
Learn more about USGS flood activities related to the May 2011 flood in Memphis, Tennessee, including deploying emergency real-time surface-water stage gages at critical locations in Shelby County.
The USGS Tennessee Water-Science Center worked in cooperation with FEMA, USACE, National Weather Service, and local agencies to provide emergency real-time surface-water stage gages at critical locations in Shelby County. The emergency gages included a replacement gage on the Mississippi River at Memphis and other critical locations. Information from the gages assisted the National Weather Service and the Emergency Management agencies in flood forecasts as the crest of the Mississippi river flooding approached and passed Memphis, Tennessee.
The USGS Tennessee Water-Science Center sent four additional crews deployed to the FEMA emergency designated areas, Stewart, Lake, Dyer, and Shelby Counties in Tennessee to document high-water levels in the flooded areas. Six transducers were also deployed to monitor the flood rise, peak levels, and recession. The combination of the high-water marks, transducers, and the emergency gaging are being used to develop flood inundation maps for FEMA.
USGS Activities in the News:
Below are other science projects associated with this flood event.
Historical Flooding
Tropical Storm Lee
Hurricane Irene
2011 - The Year of the Flood
Summer 2011 Missouri River Basin flood
Spring/Summer 2011 Mississippi River Basin Floods
May 2011 Louisiana flood
May 2011 New Madrid Floodway
April 2011 Arkansas Flood
April 2011 North Dakota Flood
Below are publications associated with this flood event.
Ecosystem effects in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
Monitoring of levees, bridges, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure during the 2011 flooding in the Mississippi River Basin
Annual exceedance probabilities and trends for peak streamflows and annual runoff volumes for the Central United States during the 2011 floods
Assessment of floodplain vulnerability during extreme Mississippi River flood 2011
2011 floods of the central United States
Streamflow characterization and summary of water-quality data collection during the Mississippi River flood, April through July 2011
Peak streamflows and runoff volumes for the Central United States, February through September, 2011
Below are partners associated with this flood event.