NRCS Prepares Flood Study for St. Johns Watershed in Missouri
Published Date: 8/13/2025
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Summary
The NRCS is getting ready to study how to fix flooding problems in parts of Missouri’s St. Johns Watershed, which affects homes, farms, and businesses in Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott Counties. They’ll look at how closing floodgates helps stop river floods but also causes water to back up inside. People and groups are invited to share their ideas soon to help shape the plan and protect the area better.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Flooding Affects Homes, Farms, Businesses
Residences, agricultural land, and developed land in Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott Counties, Missouri are impacted by flooding in the St. Johns Watershed. Closure of the Mississippi River floodgates prevents river flood damage at flood stage but blocks the watershed outlet and causes flooding from impounded interior runoff.
NRCS Starts EIS; Public Scoping Invite
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the St. Johns Watershed in Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott Counties, Missouri and is asking individuals, Federal and State agencies, and Tribes to attend the initial public scoping meeting and submit comments. The goal of scoping is to get input on important issues, possible alternatives, and information and analyses relevant to the proposed action.
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