Flood waters cover fields in the Dogtooth Bend area of Alexander County. An easement program is being offered to landowners in the area which will take the fields out of production and allow the land to revert to wetlands or bottomwood forest.
The Dogtooth Bend area of Alexander County has flooded frequently since the Len Small Levee on the Mississippi River was breached in 2016. The water has currents so strong it has left the farmland scoured and pock-marked.
Flood waters cover fields in the Dogtooth Bend area of Alexander County. An easement program is being offered to landowners in the area which will take the fields out of production and allow the land to revert to wetlands or bottomwood forest.
Les Winkeler, For The Southern
The Dogtooth Bend area of Alexander County has flooded frequently since the Len Small Levee on the Mississippi River was breached in 2016. The water has currents so strong it has left the farmland scoured and pock-marked.
Les Winkeler, For The Southern
The frequent flooding and scouring of fields has created favorable habitat for the least tern, an endangered species.
Les Winkeler, For The Southern
Frequent flooding in Dogtooth Bend has resulted in many landowners being forced to abandon their homes.
Les Winkeler, For The Southern
Mississippi River flood waters have deposited thousands of tons of sand in Dogtooth Bend, rendering much of the land unfit for agriculture.
Les Winkeler, For The Southern
Massive trees washed up against the side of the Miller City Blacktop after a recent flood in the Dogtooth Bend Area of Alexander County.
Landowners and residents of Dogtooth Bend, an area in Alexander County, have been living in uncertainty for six years, since the Mississippi River breached the Len Small Levee in January of 2016. Finally, a plan seems to be emerging.
The powerful waters of the Mississippi gouged a three-quarter mile long hole in the levee that has never been repaired. The results have been devastating. When the levee was intact, Dogtooth Bend was protected until the river stage reached 50 feet. Now the region floods when the river reaches 33 feet, something that happens frequently.
