Reply to Flooding

I've gotten a few questions about whether there are any flooding problems along the Katy Trail. At this point, as far as I know, everything is OK. The DNR is not reporting any trail closures at this time. Most of the heavy rains and flooding occurred to the south, and many of the problem rivers (such as the Meremec) actually feed into the Mississippi, rather than the Missouri. Also, I don't think the rains were as bad upstream, such as in Boonville and Kansas City.

Having said all that, I'm not a hydrologist, so my guesses and observations are no better than anyone else's. If anyone out there has any insight into current conditions, please let us know.

Here's a handy tool that I found which shows flood stages in the region. As of Thursday morning, it shows most Missouri River towns in the eastern side of the state to be at "minor flooding": NOAA Hydrologic Prediction Service.

One other encouraging sign - current weather forecast has no serious probability of rain until next Thursday (Jeff City & St Charles 10-day forecasts chance of precipitation do not get higher than 30% until the 27th). You can get current forecasts by clicking the links by the tent pictures on this page: Katy Trail weather