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Mississippi River Floods
The Mississippi River and its tributaries have flooded on numerous occasions. This is a list of major floods. Flood of March 1543 Hernando de Soto's party was passing through a village at the confluence of the Mississippi River and Arkansas River on March 18. The ensuing flood only allowed passage by canoe and inundated fields surrounding the town. The flooding reportedly lasted for 40 days.Hoyt, William G. and W.B. Langbein. "Floods". New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1955. p. 422. Flood of 1734–35 From December to June the City of New Orleans was inundated. Flood of 1788 In July, severe flooding of the Mississippi River resulted from a hurricane landfall. Flood of 1809 All of the lower Mississippi River was inundated by flooding. Flood of 1825 The flood of 1825 is the last known inundation of New Orleans due to spring flooding. Great Flood of 1844 The largest flood ever recorded on the Missouri River and Upper Mississippi River in terms of discharge. This flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi River Levee Map
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income in the United States. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 in 2020. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States, which constituted the largest slaveholding states in the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
