Mississippi River at Clarksville Lock and Dam 24

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What floods at each level

• 153000 ft

  This flow is approximately where CLKM7 goes to "open river" conditions.

• 38.1 ft

  Sny Island Cell #4 levee is overtopped.

• 37.1 ft

  Sny Island Cell #3 levee is overtopped.

• 36.25 ft

  Highway 79 is closed from one mile south of Annada to two miles north of Annada. Route H is closed from Annada to about one mile west of Annada.

• 36 ft

  Near this height, the top of the sewage treatment lagoon just south of town is overtopped.

• 35 ft

  Near this height, the lock wall at Lock 24 is inundated.

• 34 ft

  Route W (Kentucky Street) is closed for one block between Third Street and Highway 79. Also, near this height, the living areas of homes in the Port Marmac area begin flooding.

• 33 ft

  Clarksville city businesses from 1st Street to 3rd Street begin to flood.

• 32.79 ft

  IL route 96 from near Mozier to County Road 2 inundated and closed near this height.

• 32.5 ft

  Near this level, the lock is closed to navigation.

• 32.29 ft

  Route N is closed between Route D and Highway 79.

• 32 ft

  Front Street begins to flood.

• 31.5 ft

  Burlington Northern SF railroad tracks begin to flood. Also, Highway 79 is closed about a mile south of Clarksville.

• 31 ft

  The Clarksville Boat Club, south of Lock & Dam 24, begins to flood. First Street begins flooding. A sand-filled barrier at the bottom of Howard Street is considered. In Hamburg, Illinois, Water Street floods.

• 30.8 ft

  Near this height, Highway 79 is closed from Route N to about a mile northwest of that intersection.

• 30 ft

  East bank (Illinois side) begins to flood.

• 29 ft

  Water enters the parking lot entrance at the Clarksville Riverfront Park.

• 27.2 ft

  Silo Park just northwest of Clarksville off Highway 79 begins flooding.

• 25.5 ft

  State Route P east of Elsberry begins flooding just east of the levee.

• 25.3 ft

  The road to Port Marmac, a riverside community of about 13 homes just south of Clarksville, begins flooding.

• 23.5 ft

  Flooding begins in unprotected areas.

• 23 ft

  At this approximate stage, the Corps will take gates out of the river, creating "open river" conditions. This corresponds to an approximate stage of 155,000 cfs.

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