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1993 Mississippi River Record Stages and Levee Failures Along the Illinois Border

McConkey, Sally A.; Allan, Kingsley; Pollock, Barbara

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Title
1993 Mississippi River Record Stages and Levee Failures Along the Illinois Border
Author(s)
  • McConkey, Sally A.
  • Allan, Kingsley
  • Pollock, Barbara
Issue Date
1994
Keyword(s)
  • Mississippi River
  • Levee Failures
  • gaging stations
Abstract
River stages recorded at gaging stations along the Illinois border illustrate some of the unusual features of the 1993 Mississippi River flood: new record river levels, the length of the river that was simultaneously impacted by flooding, the timing of the most severe flooding, the duration of river levels over flood stage, and the ultimate failure of levee systems. Graphical and tabular comparisons of stage data recorded during previous major flood events and the 1993 flood dramatically illustrate the uniqueness of the 1993 flood.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Miscellaneous Publication MP-163
Type of Resource
text
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