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Learn how the New Orleans District of USACE supports the River Transportation System and Flood Protection of the Lower Mississippi River through hydrographic services. Discover key data, projects, and partnerships. Contact Mark Wingate for more info.
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Mark Wingate,P.E. Hydrographic Services Review PanelFAC US Army Corps of Engineers Hydrographic Services Review Panel USACE, New Orleans District:Supporting the River Transportation SystemandFlood Protection of the Lower MississippiRiver August 27, 2019, New Orleans,LA Hydrographic Services ReviewPanel
About the New OrleansDistrict MN • 2,800 miles of navigable waterway • 973 miles of MR&Tlevees • 325 miles of hurricane risk reduction levees • 5 of the nation’s 15 busiestports • 18 locks and controlstructures • 15 pumpingplants • 4 recreationareas • 8,000 annual regulatoryactions ND MI WI ST.PAUL MINNEAPOLIS DUBUQUE IA IL ROCKISLAND IN KS ST.LOUIS MO KY CAIRO OK AR TN MEMPHIS LITTLEROCK AL VICKSBURG JACKSON MS SHREVEPORT LA TX BATONROUGE NEWORLEANS Hydrographic Services ReviewPanel
Usage of NOAA Navigation Services, products & services MaintainingNavigationontheMississippi River… CHANNELCONDITIONS: AS OF 16 AUG 19, THE PILOTS INCREASED THE MAX DRAFT TO45’ Mile 255.2AHP Baton Rouge Mile 233.8AHP Mile 232.4AHP Port of Baton Rouge#8 RBoautogne Front Redeye SardinePoint Medor a Mile 168.3AHP Mississippi River Southwest Pass DredgeStatus: ONGOING: Port of South Louisiana#1 Granada BayouGoula Alhambra Philadelphia Port of New Orleans#4 Mile 115AHP NewOrleans • NEWPORT: 9 Jun 19 – 9 Nov19 • STUYVESANT: 14 Jun 19 – 04 Oct19 • CR MCCASKILL: 24 Jul – 20 Sep19 • CAPTAIN FRANK: 28 Jul – 20 Sep19 • RS WEEKS: Hopper Dredge Disposal Area (HDDA)Dredging SmokeBend Belmont DeepDraft Crossings RichBend Mile 81AHP Fairview Port of Plaquemines#12 Deep Draft Crossings Dredge Status: Mile 104.5AHP • HURLEY – Redeye crossing (Mile224) • WALLACE MCGEORGE –Alhambra crossing (Mile191) • JADWIN – Smoke Bend (Mile175) • WHEELER (Call Out #6-2019):Medora NewOrleans Harbor Head ofPasses (Mile0) crossing (Mile212) HOPPER CUTTERHEAD DUSTPAN SouthwestPass Mile 22BHP Gulf ofMexico Hydrographic Services ReviewPanel
Usage of NOAA Navigation Services, products & services While Providing Flood Risk Management to SoutheastLouisiana Hydrographic Services ReviewPanel
Requests for NOAA Navigation Services data, products, andservices • Enhancing USACE/NOAA’s relationship and current cooperative endeavors: • eHydro Database: Corps-provided hydrographicdata • Southwest Pass Inland Electronic Navigation Charting (IENC) Overlay Program • Coordinating Comprehensive Mississippi River Hydrographic Surveys Hydrographic Services ReviewPanel
ContactInformation: Mark Wingate,P.E. Deputy District Engineer (DDE/DPM) US Army Corps ofEngineers New OrleansDistrict Mark.R.Wingate@usace.army.mil (504)863-2204 Hydrographic Services ReviewPanel