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1. By David Speidel, Kenneth R. Olson and Lois Wright Morton
Presented at the 71st SWCS Annual International Conference
Management of Bottomlands prone
to flooding is not unique, but impact
many important food producing
regions around the world.
2. Draining The Big Swamp
Legislation 1850 Swamp Act; States Granting Local Authority; 1900 County Benefits Tax Authority
Experience from Surveys for road access and trial and error on smaller Drainage Projects
3. Missouri
Illinois
Diversion and
Levees
Roads
Little River
Drainage
Watershed
St. Johns
Bayou Watershed
Little River
Headwater
Diversion
Watershed
Mississippi River
Sediment Basin
Interstate
Highways55
Rivers
City or Village
Legend
31 km
20 miles
Railroads
51
51
51
34
177
177
91
91
51
34
72
72
55
55
Cape
Girardeau
Advance
Diversion
Channel
Diversion
Channel
Diversion
Embankment
Diversion
Embankment
Castor
River
Castor
River
Whitewater
River
Whitewater
River
Greenbriar
Floodwall
Perryville
Jackson
Francois
Mountains
Fredricktown
Francois
Mountains
Ozark
Plateau
Francois
Mountains
Ozark
Plateau
Commerce
St. Johns Bayou
Watershed
Marble Hill
Airport
Sediment
Basin
Historic Big
Swamp
67
67
67
N
4. LRDD Project Camp Station 1615, tents under flood conditions
Photo courtesy of LRDD and Missouri State Achieves LRDD
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5. St. Francis Watershed
drains to Mississippi
River in Arkansas
St. Francis Watershed
drains to Diversion
Channel
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
City or Village
Rivers and ditches
Legend
Diversion
State borders
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Jonesboro
L'Anguilie
River
Black
River
Tyronza
River
Little
River
Little
River
St.
Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
St. Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
Castor
River
Whitewater
River Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River
Ohio
River
5 Bridges
Cairo
Cape Girardeau
Memphis
Helena
15 mi
24 km
N
6. Costs varied over the years ranging from $3.60 to $4.20 per acre
Drainage Benefits for Participants' Farmland
7. Missouri
Illinois
Morley
Oran
Delta
Chaffee
Dutchtown
Cape
Girardeau
Trail
of Tears
State
Forest
Shawnee
National
Forest
Levee
Hickory
Ridge
Ringer
Hill
Bird's
Hill
Sediment
Basin
Whitewater
River
Crooked
Creek
Williams
Creek
Diversion
Channel
Little
River
Benton
Jackson
Hill
North Cut
Ditch
Doolan
Shute
Commerce
to Birds Point
Levee
Power
Island
Farmer
Levee Len
Small
Levee
Fayville
Fayville
Levee
Scott
City
Sals
Creek
Ramsy
Creek
Thebes
Illmo
Olive
Branch
Marquette
Island
Gale
Flood Wall
New
Hamburg
Historic
Big
Swamp
Historic
Big
Swamp
Location of
Ancient
Mississippi
River
Whitewater
River
La Croix
Creek
Juden
Creek
Scism
Creek
Duskin
Creek
Indian
Creek
Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River
Horseshoe
Lake
Sandy
Creek
Little
Flora
Creek
Flora
Creek
Bainbridge
Creek
Dutch
Creek
Sexton
Creek
Cape
Girardeau
Airport
Bedrock
river
bottom
Missouri
Commerce
Levee
Levee
Burnham
Island
Goose
Island
177 177
3461
61
74
74
3
77
55
55
25
25
3
146
61
Alluvial bottom lands (in Missouri and Illinois)
Urban Land (cities)
31 km
20 miles
Bedrock controlled uplands (in Missouri and Illinois)
River bottom under lain by alluvial,
lacustrine and outwash, lakes and ponds
River bottom under lain by bedrock rock
removal site
Legend
55
Interstate
Highways (I-55)
Roads
Streams
Floodwall Towns
Railroads
Levees
N
3
146
8. N
Floodway
Little River
Drainage
District
Illinois
Ohio
River
Ohio
River
Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River
St. Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
Little
River
Little
Ditch
5 Ditches
5
Ditches
St.
Francis
River
Castor
River
Whitewater
River
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Missouri
Carbondale
Commerce
Cairo
Charleston
Sikeston
Dexter
Malden
Crowley’s
Ridge
Crowley’s
Ridge
Kennett
New
Madrid
Cape
Girardeau
Jackson
Diversion
Channel
Fredericktown
Farmington
Francois
Mountains
Ozark Plateau
Ozark
Plateau
Francois
Mountains
Little River
Headwater
Diversion
Watershed
Little River
Drainage
Watershed
Crowley’s
Ridge
Missouri not in
Little River
Watershed
Birds Point-New
Madrid Floodway
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Water, lakes,
rivers, ditches
Levee in Little
River Watershed
Roads
Interstate
Highways57
City or Village
25 km
LATITUDE 37° 30'
LONGITUDE 89° 15'
67
67
72
67
25
25
34
34
412
412
60
Legend
57
57
55
55
9. Producers Continue to invest in conservation improvements
with 38 to 39.5 acres of most field now fully drained
Vanduser – Has the most Northerly Gin in Bootheel
11. Drainage to improve roads to ship this cotton was a catalysts
Cotton is one of the regions four important Crops
12.
13. St. Francis Watershed
drains to Mississippi
River in Arkansas
St. Francis Watershed
drains to Diversion
Channel
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
City or Village
Rivers and ditches
Legend
Diversion
State borders
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Jonesboro
L'Anguilie
River
Black
River
Tyronza
River
Little
River
Little
River
St.
Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
St. Francis
River
St.
Francis
River
Castor
River
Whitewater
River Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River
Mississippi
River
Ohio
River
5 Bridges
Cairo
Cape Girardeau
Memphis
Helena
15 mi
24 km
N
14. River or
Ditch or
Canal
Little River
Little River
5 Ditches
Bridge Cultivated Soil
County
Line
Road
Wetlands Roads
4-Lane
Highway
Little River
5 Ditches
5 Bridges
SR412
SR412
Conservation
Area
5 Bridges
N
Legend
0.25 mi
0.50 km
15. Took 50 years of legislation to lay ground work,
50 years of organization and construction
Another 50 years to date
L.R.D.D 956 Miles of Drainage Ditches
16. Fertile Land Emerged from the Big Swamp
LRDD a vison that became reality
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