PRE-MODEL AND FLOODING HISTORY

1927-1943
  • Flood in Greenville, MS

  • Flood Control Act passes, more levees built.

  • The Great Ohio River Valley Flood

  • Beginning of WWII

MODEL CONSTRUCTION

1943-1966
  • Land for Camp Clinton purchased

  • Adjacent property purchased for MBM

  • Construction began at MRBM

  • POWs arrive at Camp Clinton

MODEL OPERATION

1949-1971
  • Verification of Sioux City-to-Hermann Reach, Missouri River and tributaries, 1947 and 1950 Floods

  • Tests to assist in developing computer programs

  • Verification of Mississippi River and Tributaries from Thebes and Golconda to Baton Rouge on Mississippi River and Gulf on Atchafalaya

  • Test on Morganza Spillway for water quality impact to New Orleans and Baton Rouge

POST-MODEL OPERATION

1971-2016
  • Property transferred to Department of Interior, continued to be leased by USACE

  • Jacques Yves Cousteau – visited site for film project

  • Land given to the City of Jackson

  • Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway test under design flood conditions

FRIENDS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN MODEL

2016-Future