Below normal runoff in the dry Missouri River Basin
2/11/2025 10:43:16 PM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Montana
North Dakota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Start Date: 1/1/2025
- End Date: 2/28/2025
January runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 0.7 million acre-feet, which is 92% of average. Runoff was near or below average for most of the Missouri River Basin as precipitation was below normal for most of the upper basin.
“Runoff into the reservoir system was below average for the month of January and conditions across the basin remain dry,” said John Remus, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. “With the below-average plains and mountain snowpack we are forecasting a below-average runoff year for the basin.”
Releases from Gavins Point Dam were 14,000 cubic feet per second and will remain low during February to continue to conserve water in the System, based on the guidance in the Missouri River Mainstem System Master Manual.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Northwest Division, Feb 6, 2025
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