Sector Upper Mississippi River All Threats All Hazards Always Ready Commander Katherine Weathers Chief, Planning & Force Readiness
5 Inland River Tenders (WLR) 3 Marine Safety Detachments (MSD) 4 Shore Side Detachments (SSD) Wyoming Sector UMR Units North Dakota South Dakota LORAN STA Gillette MSD St. Paul Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado Nebraska CGC Gasconade Kansas CGC Wyaconda Iowa MSD Quad Cities CGC Scioto Sector UMR Missouri CGC Sangamon MSD Peoria Illinois CGC Cheyenne
Sector UMR AOR River Statistics 2000 miles of navigable river Upper Mississippi Missouri Illinois 1800 miles of tributary waterways 33 locks and dams 283 bridges 8 declared obstructions to nav 4 HDPAs and 7 major population centers
Sector UMR Small Boat Assets North Dakota St. Paul: 1 RB-S, 1 DART South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Wyoming Sioux City, IA: 1 DART Nebraska Iowa Peoria: 1 RB-S 1 DART Colorado Kansas St. Louis: 4 RB-S, 3 DARTs Missouri Illinois
The Western River System
Barge, Train or Truck? 1,500 Tons 52,500 Bushels 453,600 Gallons The cargo capacity of a typical Mississippi River barge: 100 Tons 3,500 Bushels 30,240 Gallons is 15 times greater than one rail car and 60 times greater than one semi truck. 25 Tons 875 Bushels 7,560 Gallons
Industry Cargoes 1740 MTSA Regulated Vessels 106 MTSA Regulated Facilities 82 Regulated Waterfront Facilities 9 Nuclear Generating Facilities 1 Nuclear Waste Storage 5 Anhydrous Ammonia Facilities 8 Coal-Fired Power Plants 1 Army Arsenal 1 Aviation Fuel Depot 5 Refineries 1 Aerial Pipeline 22 Waterfront Attractions 441 Certificated Vessels Tonnages for 2007 Total: 67,714,832 Corn: 21, 956, 076 Coal: 7,161,415 Processed Grains: 4,912,716 Oilseeds: 4,484,946 Chemical Fertilizers: 3,763,475 Pitches, asphalt, naphtha, solvents: 3,410,137 Iron, Steel: 3,208,876 Fuel/lubricating oils: 2,711,825 Tonnages courtesy USACE
St. Louis Records: High: 49.58 ft (Aug 1993) Low: -6.20 ft (Jan 1940) Flood Stage: 30 ft River Dynamics UMR @ St. Louis 20 15 Feet 10 5 Oct-07 0 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 Days (Records/October 07 data courtesy USACE)
Upper Mississippi & Illinois Rivers Dams maintain pool levels for navigation, not control flooding Upper Mississippi River ILR approx. 160 elevation change UMR approx. 400 elevation change
Locks and Dams 33 Lock and Dams Examples Melvin Price (1994) 1200 Main Chamber 600 Auxiliary Chamber Winfield Lock 25 (1939) 600 Single Chamber Requires double Lockage USACE NESP Project 1 st Phase Measures PED Start Const. Start Complete Cost ($ Millions) NEW UMR LOCKS Lock 22 2005 2010 2018 232.3 Lock 25 2005 2010 2019 324.4 Lock 24 2010 2014 2022 309.9 Lock 21 2010 2014 2022 322.5 Lock 20 2013 2017 2025 221.4 NEW IWW LOCKS LaGrange 2005 2012 2022 261.3 Peoria 2015 2018 2027 262.6 Melvin Price Locks and Dam UMR mm 201 Winfield Lock & Dam (25) UMR mm 241
Bridges 283 Bridges 7 Truman-Hobbs Bridges 90+ Bridge Allisions in 2007 (30% of all reportable casualties) Pekin Railroad Drawbridge ILR mm 151.2 LaCrosse Railroad Drawbridge UMR mm 699.8
Bridge Allisions and Highwater ILR Gauge vs. Pekin RR Bridge Allisions Aug 2007 - Jan 2008 25 20 15 10 5 0 08/01/2007 08/15/2007 08/29/2007 09/12/2007 09/26/2007 10/10/2007 10/24/2007 11/07/2007 11/21/2007 12/05/2007 12/19/2007 01/02/2008 01/16/2008 Feet Date River Height Flood Stage Bridge Allisions Gauge data courtesy USACE, Allision data from MISLE
Sector Initial IMT Positions (1-hr Recall) Incident Commander Deputy Incident Commander LCDR Barker Public Information LT Satterfield Operations Chief LTJG Barger Planning Chief LCDR Allen Logistics/Finance Chief SKC Oliver SITL ENS Keferl SITREP Drafter MSTC Asbach
Sector IMT Positions Incident Commander Safety Officer MSTC Asbach Deputy Incident Commander Public Information LT Satterfield (Primary) LTJG Barger (Alt) CWO Howerton (Alt) Intel Officer Mr. Bollinger Auxilary Liaison Mr. Butcher Operations Chief LCDR Barker (Leave) LT McCaskey Primary) LTJG Smith (Alt) Logistics Chief LT Rambo (Primary) CWO Vanderwarker (Alt) Finance Chief SKC Oliver (Primary) YNC Brown (Alt) YN1 Gallagher (Alt) Planning Chief LCDR Whalen (Primary) LCDR Weathers (Alt) LCDR Allen (Alt) INVESTIGATIONS LCDR Allen(Primary) LTJG Barger(Alt) RECOVERY WATERWAYS MGMT CWO Howerton(Primary) LTMcCaskey(Alt) ENFORCEMENT LTJG Smith(Primary) BMC Sutherland(Alt) SITL Sector CC MTS Recovery Unit LTJG Townsen (Primry) CWO Shouse (Alt)
Port Security Grant Program St. Louis Port Confluence of the Meramec and the Mississippi Rivers to Mel Price Lock and Dam
Port Security Grant Program PSGP Supplemental 2007: $1.5M MUST DEVELOP Port Wide Risk Management/Mitigation Plan Trade Resumption/Resiliency Plan Plans Identify Projects Justify future expenditures of grant funds PSGP 2008: $2.5M
Sector Upper Mississippi River All Threats All Hazards Always Ready Captain Sharon K. Richey Sector Commander