June 2011 - September 2011

Matthew Placzek's Labor Monument
Became the Symbol of the 2011 Flood.
The 2011 Missouri River Flood was triggered by record snowfall in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming and near record spring rainfall in the upper Missouri River Basin. High water levels threatened communities of all sizes along the river from Montana to northwestern Missouri, including Omaha. The flood forced the closing of several Missouri River traffic crossings in the flooded corridor and closed or damaged portions of Interstate 29.
The City of Omaha implemented a Unified Command Team that managed the community's response to the flood from May 30, 2011 to September 7, 2011. Team members included representatives from the Omaha Public Works Department, Omaha Fire Department, Omaha Police Department, Omaha Parks, Recreation & Public Property Department, the Omaha Airport Authority and the Office of Mayor Jim Suttle.
Flood Fighting Statistics
· Volunteers filled approximately 850,000 sandbags.
· The capacity to remove storm water from the immediate downtown area back to the river required the installation of 90 temporary supplemental pumps to help alleviate flooding on the dry-side of 13 miles of levees protecting Omaha.
· 70 wells and 35 pumps kept the airport operational during the flood.
· A temporary levee over 2,000 feet long, 42 feet wide, and over 10 feet high, was constructed to protect the Missouri River Waste Water Treatment Plant.
Flood Water Statistics
· Normal navigable river stage: 16.7 feet on the Omaha Gage located at the I-480 Bridge.
· Minor flood stage: 29 feet; lasted from June 1 - September 9, 2011.
· Moderate flood level: 32 feet lasted from June 12 - August 29, 2011.
· Maximum water flow past Omaha in cfs (cubic feet per second): 271,000 on July 2, 2011.
· The Flood of 1952 lasted 25 days and crested at 40.20 feet on the Omaha Gage on April 18, 1952.
· The Flood of 2011 lasted 101 days and crested at 36.29 feet on the Omaha Gage on July 2, 2011.
A bronze marker on the sculpture indicates the High Water Line in 2011.
The Historic 1952 Flood Level is also indicated on the sculpture as a comparison.
AP Photo/Nati Harnik

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Labor
People, Places, and Stories
Preserving Our Heritage
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Westwardly by the Waters
Captain William Clark and Private Reuben Field
Nature exerted herself to butify the Senery
Capt. Lewis...will...give us accounts of new things only
the Council was held
endeavor to make yourself acquainted...with...the nations

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