KD2012_P04

29 March 2012

Rijkswaterstaat

Annual Levee Inspection Meetings

Jason Sheeley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Geospatial Section Chief - Kansas City District

Mapping Chief – Modeling, Mapping and

Consequences Production Center

Levee Inspection Case Study

United States Army Corps of Engineers

Kansas City District

Overview

� Kansas City District Statistics

� National Perspective - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Levee Safety Program► Toolkit

• National Levee Database (NLD)

• Levee Inspection System (LIS)

� Kansas City District Case Studies► “Ground level” execution of the routine program

►2011 flood contingency operations

Kansas City

Omaha

District


Missouri River Basin3,767 km – longest river in North America

1.3 million km2 – parts of 10 states

Kansas City District / The Netherlands

� Population ~ 5 million (16.8 million)

� Total area = 286,600 km2 (34,000 km2)

► Protected by Levees = 2,375 km2 (<1%) (~7% of)

� Missouri River Floodplain = 3,574 km2 (~10.5% of)

► Area protected by levees = 2,070 km2 (61%) (~6% of)

► 2011 flooded area =

1,210 km2 (34%) (~4%)

► Flooded area behind

breached/overtopped

levees = 313 km2 (<1%)

Kansas City District Levees

Federal and Non-Federal

Kansas City Levee Program Statistics

� Levees in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

� 156 levee systems, 1,035 total levee miles

� 53 federal levees (federally constructed)

� 103 non-federal levees (but eligible for

rehabilitation assistance)

Typical Urban Levees

Confluence of the Kansas and

Missouri Rivers – May 2007

Armourdale, CID, Fairfax and

North Kansas City Levees.

Typical Agricultural Levee

Brunswick Non-Federal Levee, 2007

National Levee Database (NLD)

MRLS 488-L

Example Cross Section Developed from NLD

2011 FloodFederal Levee Status

2011 Flood Non-Federal Levee Status

Levee Inspection System Hardware

Levee Inspection System Software

� GIS Toolbar – Works with GPS and camera to

collect information during inspection


� Basic Reporting – Review Inspection Results

Item list for re-inspection verification


� Advanced Reporting – USACE-wide

standardized reports and underlying database

Missouri River Levee System 488-L



2009 Levee

Inspection Results –

Federal Levees

Kansas City Levee Routine Program Staffing

� Levee Safety Program Manager

� Data Manager (1 + apprentice)

� Inspectors (2) – 1 Federal and 1 Non-Federal

� Project Engineers (Geotechnical and Structural)

► 13 leads for 175 flood control projects (156 levees, 19

channel projects)

� Design, Geotechnical and Geospatial Branches

► Approximately 130 engineers and scientists


Annual Inspection (LIS)

Periodic Inspection

� Conducted every 5 yrs

� Identify deficiencies

posing hazards to life or

property

� Highlight primary system

deficiencies

Periodic Assessment

� Conducted every 10 yrs

� PI + other stuff

Omaha

District


Missouri River 2011 FloodRecord Snowpack +

Record Rainfall = Record Release &

Record Duration

Flood

Kansas City District – 2011 Flood

� Emergency Operations for 142 days

► 26 May to 15 October

► First levee breach 13 June

► Levee failure risks subside 01 September

� Report Card

Non Federal Levees Federal Levees

Breaches 11 0

Overtopping w/o Breach 4 0

Stability Problems 4 1

Underseepage Problems Many Many

Scour Problems Many 5

2011 Flood – Missouri River (130 Miles) - Video

Flood Operations Staffing

� Levee Sponsors – Daily inspections and maintenance

► Each levee system has a sponsor responsible for

operations and maintenance

� Technical Response Teams – Requests for assistance

► Staffed as needed to respond to the event

� Liaison Teams – Sponsor coordination, technical guidance

► 15 teams, 2 persons each team

� Staff Duty Officers – Emergency Operations Center

► Engineering – Coordinates technical response teams

► GIS* – Daily and as-needed maps and reports* Geographic Information Systems

Sand Boils

Sand Boils

Sand Boil Tracking Map L-488

Scour - L488

Scour L488

30-ft Scour at

levee toe

River Scour Protection

Rock Placement L488

Missouri River Levee System – L488

� Video (0:26 – 2:20; 2:52 - 3:15)

� “Flood fight”

� “We will not lose this levee”

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NWK – Federal Levee 488-L

Emergency Rock Placements due to scour

3/29/2012 48

NWK – Federal Levee 488-L

Emergency Rock Placements due to scour

Three Stage Levee Management Cycle

� Routine Program

► Annual inspection, periodic inspection/assessment

► Ensures levees perform as designed

► Coordination among USACE and levee sponsors

► Trained staff

� Emergency Operations

► Daily/recurring inspection process

► Sponsors/USACE work together

► Emergency mitigation activities as needed

� Post-Flood Rehabilitation

► Repairs prior to next flood season

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NWK – Non-Federal Levee Kansas Dept. of Corrections

Damages due to overtopping and breaching.

Levee Breach

Points

3/29/2012 51

NWK- Big Lake Area (Non-Feds Union Township & Holt Co. #10)

Damages Shown – Several feet of sediment cleared from road.

3/29/2012 52

NWK – Holt County

Road damage due to overtopping and breaching.

3/29/2012 53

NWK – Non-Federal Levee – Canon


3/29/2012 54

NWK – Non-Federal Levee Rushville-Sugar Lake


3/29/2012 55

NWK – Iatan Powerplant

Damages due erosion/scour.

3/29/2012 56

NWK – Non-Federal Levee Leavenworth/Sherman Airport


3/29/2012 57

NWK – Non-Federal Levee Wolcott, Section 2

Damages due to overtopping and breaching. (Hwy 435)

2011 Flood Daily Inspection Activities

� Joint aerial/field daily inspections, Video

� “Consistency”

� District Staff

► COL Anthony Hofmann, Commander

► Jud Kneuvean, Emergency Operations

► Susan Abbott, Operations, Aerial Reconnisance

► Cliff Sanders, Levee Inspector, Technical Response

► Robert Finneran, Levee Inspector

► Mike Dulin, Patrick Kline, Lisa Hook, Tracy Brown,

Alex Ubben – Surveys and Maps

• Operated Levee Inspection System for Aerial

Reconnaissance (2:05)

Questions

Documents

KD2012_P04