The Missouri River flows past the Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge in Sioux City in April 2021. Runoff into the river's basin above Sioux City remains at well below-normal levels.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Missouri River basin is seeing above-normal runoff, but even that is still leaving reservoirs on the main stem system well short of full.

This was the 30th lowest annual runoff for the Missouri River Basin in 125 years of record-keeping.

Last year's runoff in the upper Missouri River basin above Sioux City was at just 59 percent of the average volume. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is predicting dry conditions will continue in ...

Even more impressive is the massive basin from which the river collects its water, spanning sections of 10 different states. Not surprisingly, water levels on the Missouri River fluctuate from ...

John Remus, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, said the low March runoff was due to dry soil conditions and below-normal precipitation.

September runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 0.6 million acre-feet, 47% of the long-term average. Soil conditions in the upper Missouri River Basin continue to be very dry.

March storms in the Midwest caused significant damage to the levee system of the Missouri River and now any strong or frequent rainfall this summer could trigger flooding along the lower Missouri ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that February runoff into the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was only 91% of the average at 1 million acre-feet (MAF). The runoff forecast for the ...

Despite an uptick in runoff in June, water conservation measures in the Missouri River reservoir system will continue through the rest of the summer, and likely into 2023, the U.S.