11 Feb 2026

Once-in-a-generation Missouri River study seeks public input

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District and Omaha District, announced today it will host a series of public meetings to provide updates and gather public input on the Lower Missouri River Basin Flood Risk and Resiliency Study. The study is a comprehensive effort to analyze and recommend improvements for flood risk management and other water resource-related issues along the 498 miles of the Lower Missouri River. This initiative was prompted by the historic and devastating flooding of 2019. That event resulted in record runoff and billions of dollars in damage across the region.

23 Jan 2026

Public encouraged to submit comments on Lower Missouri River flood risk study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District and Kansas City District (USACE) have jointly prepared a feasibility report with integrated programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) that analyzes and discloses effects associated with the Lower Missouri River Flood Risk and Resiliency System Plan Comprehensive Study. The System Plan has been developed to identify actions to address flood risk and resiliency along the entire Lower Missouri River basin. The System Plan identifies projects that can achieve flood risk benefits while also providing ecological, recreational, economic or social benefits.

5 Jul 2023

Kansas City District to hold public scoping meetings for Lower Missouri River Basin Flood and Risk Resiliency Study

Five public scoping meetings are scheduled along the Lower Missouri River Basin to provide an update on the ongoing Lower Missouri River Basin Flood Risk and Resiliency Study, also called the system plan, in July. The meetings will be co-hosted by the Omaha District and the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The historic 2019 flood on the Missouri River caused billions of dollars in damages to agriculture and infrastructure in communities in the states of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. During the 2019 flood, these states formed a four-state coalition called the Flood Recovery Advisory Working Group. The goal was to develop actions in the aftermath of the 2019 flood to reduce system risk and recurring damages, improve system resiliency for the future and improve interagency collaboration.

20 Jun 2023

Public meeting scheduled for Holt County, Missouri, and Doniphan County, Kansas, Lower Missouri River Basin spin-off study

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting about the Holt County, Missouri, and Doniphan County, Kansas, spin-off study on Monday, June 26, 2023. The spin-off study is part of the larger Lower Missouri River Basin Flood Risk and Resiliency Study, also known as the system plan, which was ordered after the region experienced three devastating floods in 1993, 2011 and 2019. The 2019 flood caused billions of dollars in damages to agriculture and infrastructure in communities in the region. Repair costs to levee infrastructure in the Lower Missouri River Basin in 2019 added up to approximately $1.2 billion.