Ponded agricultural land on the upland adjacent to a flooded wetland
Aerial photograph showing ponded depressions and pot holes on the uplands after heavy June 2008 rain
Ponded water in a corn field
Corn population reduced as a result of ponding
Rill erosion in a recently tilled field
Strip cropping on the contour
Grass back terraces on the contour
Check dams to slow the flow of water draining off the upland
Temporary storage ponds to reduce peak runoff
Full temporary storage ponds being surrounded by flooding from Embarras River through a levee break
Grass back terraces on contour with waterways as outlets
Riser was not able to drain the natural water way or depression before the crop drowned
Waterway full of rapidly moving runoff water and overflowing into the surrounding pasture
Sediment deposit at the intersection of a highway road ditch and a waterway
Drainage systems can be plugged by crop residue removed from no-till fields by surface water
Structure in a waterway being eroded by runoff water
No till soybean field totally covered or protected by corn residue
A rill in a no-till field after 2008 spring rains
Waterways and small stream overflowing on agricultural land
Mississippi River starting to overflow near Chester, IL and trees on Missouri side of the river are partially underwater
Route 61 in Missouri being protected by sand bags
Jackson county highway flooding
Keithsburg, Illinois being flooded from local Missisippi tributaries
Aerial view of flooding along the Mississippi River
Flood water from local tributaries being trapped behind the Mississippi River levee
A levee and road bed being breached by Mississippi River flood waters and the turbulent water is removing floodplain soils and creating a crater
A levee in Jasper county, Illinois protecting agricultural land from the Embarras River
The Embarras River levee is breaking and water is flooding into the previously protected floodplain
The Embarras River cutting into a levee adjacent to a levee break
In the background is the Embarras river, the missing 300 foot section of the levee, and the crater lake that was created by the rushing waters
The crater lake, the sand plain and the agricultural field covered by water moved and deposited trees and sand
The crater lake, the sand deltaic deposit, the uprooted trees on the agricultural land previously protected by the Embarras River levee
The thick sand deposit in a corn field. Some corn plants were removed by flood waters, some were buried by sand and some remain
Thin sand deposit extended more than a mile from the crater lake with sand filling in all of the highway and agricultural ditches
After the Embarras River level dropped the crater lake and adjacent drained back into the river, gullies were exposed
Backhoes and other equipment being used to remove tree from between the river and the levee which are now laying in the crater lake and agricultural fields
Bulldozer pushing sand into a temporary berm to protect the agricultural land from future flooding while and attempt is being made to remove the sand
Sand is being scrapped up and move to the crater for use in the temporary beam
Sand is being piled for transport of the agricultural land previously protected by the levee
Tractor and combination chisel and disk is mixing a thin sand deposit into the underlying finer textured alluvial soil
Forages being grown on a sloping field with terraces
