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The article discusses the tons of sand dunes deposited at southern Illinois farmland and Dogtooth Bend peninsula which comes from the floodwaters of the Mississippi River in January of 2016, which required graders and snow plows to open the road for local traffic.

The article discusses the efforts of St. Johns Levee and Drainage District on the Mississippi River to mitigate internal flooding. The mitigation planning in the Bootheel of Missouri attempted to reduce the number of days communities are isolated by floodwaters, as well as to limit crop and non-crop losses and reduce damage through the adoption of strategies that reconnect the hydrology of the floodplain to the river. The changes in land use and drainage modifications over time are tackled.

The article discusses the construction of the Headwaters Diversion channel to help drain and protect 480,000 ha of agricultural lands in southeast Missouri from internal seasonal flooding and Mississippi River backflow at flood stage. Central to this success was the diversion of water coming from the Ozark Plateau and Francois Mountains directly into the Mississippi River using a series of leveed channels in order to isolate the upper basin and prevent overloading of the lower drainage system.

The article focuses on drought conditions in the Mississippi River Channel at Thebes, Illinois as a result of slow soaking rain systems and evening thunder-storms. Topics discussed include a new challenge for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to control the Mississippi River, lack of rain throughout 2012 that severe summertime seasonal drought over the central Great Plains and USACE's successful effort to dredge other parts of the Mississippi River to keep the shipping channel open.

The article focuses on the failure of the Len Small levee during the Ohio River Flood of 2011 in Illinois. It discusses the architectural features of the extensive systems of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and private levees that confine the Mississippi River and protect the low-lying agricultural lands, rural towns, and public conservation areas from flooding. The Small Len levee built on the southern Illinois border near Cairo protects private and public lands from 20-year floods.

The article focuses on the effects of the flooding in Cairo, Illinois, which was caused by the swelling of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers in 2011. It says that Cairo is situated at the confluence of the two rivers, wherein the Fort Defiance State Park was under water in the April 2011 flooding, as well as the Illinois farmlands. Furthermore, the decision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to blow up the New Madrid Floodway helped to lessen the impact of the flood.

The article presents information on the Sny Island Levee Drainage District of Illinois, which runs parallel to the Mississippi River. It is stated that the Illinois Supreme Court has used the drainage district as a model for developing other drainage districts. Topics like the Sny River Channel, settling basins, and concerning observations, are discussed.