Discharge is given in cubic feet per second (ft 3 /s) in keeping with customary units used by management agencies and stakeholders on the Missouri River. Distances on the Missouri River are measured in miles upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. The river miles used in this report are in common use along the Missouri River and were established in 1960 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2022). In some cases, in the 59-mile segment Missouri River navigation mile markers deviate from the course of the river because the river is unchannelized and the channel centerline has shifted in some places since 1960.
Abbreviations
DSASDigital Shoreline Analysis Software HEC-RAS Hydrologic Engineering Center-River Analysis System lidar light detection and ranging