Flooding of the Missouri River. Before (Sept 1992) and during/after (Sept 1993)

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The three river scenes shown here are from central Missouri near Gasconade, Rocheport, and the confluence of the Grand River. The first in each pair was in September, 1992, the second in September of 1993. Notice the farmland in the river flood plain. The data uses Landsat TM bands 5, 4, and 2 mapped to red, green, and blue respectively. Bare soil and plowed land appears red, vegetation (which reflects very strongly in the near infrared) appears green, and water is dark blue. The perspective in each of these images is looking approximately westward, which is upstream.

Side by side comparison of Missouri River in 1992 and 1993 (in flood)

Gasconade, Missouri in Flood, 1993

Gasconade, Missouri in Flood, 1993

Gasconade, Missouri one year before 1993 floods

Gasconade, Missouri one year before 1993 floods

Missouri River Junction with the Grand River in Flood, 1993

Missouri River Junction with the Grand River in Flood, 1993

Missouri River Junction with the Grand River one year before 1993 floods

Missouri River Junction with the Grand River one year before 1993 floods

Rocheport, Missouri in Flood, 1993

Rocheport, Missouri in Flood, 1993

Rocheport, Missouri one year before 1993 floods

Rocheport, Missouri one year before 1993 floods

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This page was originally published on Friday, April 9, 1999.
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