Publications - At a Glance Facts

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NWD 'At a Glance' Facts (300kb, pdf)
Columbia Basin Dams brochure (1.5MB, pdf)
Military Construction (400kb, pdf)
Civil Works (300kb, pdf)
Emergency Response (300kb, pdf)
Environmental Restoration (400kb, pdf)
Overseas Contingency Operations (GWOT) (350kb, pdf)

Civil Works boundaries (300kb, pdf)

• All or parts of 12 States: WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, CO, IA, MO, NE, KS
• Nearly 1 million square miles drained in Columbia and Missouri River basins
• 29 Investigations (studies)
• 35 projects in construction
• 115 projects operated and/or maintained
• Real estate holdings: 2,584,745 acres

Military boundaries (400kb, pdf)

• 14 states: OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, CO, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI
• Real estate: 1,843,870 acres
• 8 major Army installations
• 18 major Air Force installations

Regional Resources

• FY09 workforce: 4,700 civilian, 25 military
• Annual budget: $3 B
• Civil workload: $800M
• Military workload: $2.2B
• Environmental: $600M
• FY08 contracted $2.7 B
• $880 M Small Business awards

Navigation

• 992 miles of navigable waterways, Columbia River Basin;
  735 miles, Missouri River Basin
• Total = 14% of U.S. inland waterways
• Transport 5.4% of U.S. total waterborne tonnage
• 140 million tons shipped of total 2.6 billion tons shipped nationwide
• 10 locks of Corps’ 237
• Columbia/Snake rivers: 8
• Willamette River: 1
• Lake Washington: 1
• 22 deep draft (>14 ft.) ports
• 20 shallow draft harbors
• Material dredged: 18.9 million cubic yards
• Two hopper dredges: Yaquina and Essayons

Flood Risk Management

• 82 flood control projects of 383 total Corps nationwide
• 22 in Columbia River Basin
• 53 in Missouri River Basin
• 115 million acre-feet of flood storage at NWD projects
• 1,440 miles of levees
• 255 local flood protection projects (flood walls, levees, channel improvements)
• Construction costs for major flood control projects: Missouri River: $9.6 B, Columbia River $2.5 B
• $84 B in cumulative damages prevented since construction ($65.8B in Missouri River region and $17.8 B Pacific Northwest)
• NWD projects hold 35% of total Corps water storage capacity

Native American Coordination

• 72 Indian reservations
• 105 Native American Nations
• $6 M Cultural Resources

Recreation

• 64 lakes
• 781 recreation sites
• 55 visitor centers
• 515 boat ramps
• 9,508 campsites/430 group
• 11,550 miles of lake shoreline
• 47 million visits in FY08
• Annual visitor expenditures: $1B; 13,000 jobs created or dependent on Corps recreation
• 5,300 site volunteers

Hydroelectric Power

• 29 plants on Columbia, Snake, and Missouri rivers
• 15,568 mw cap.; 196 units;
• Generate 75 million mega-watt hours of electricity annually
• Provide 36% of total electric capacity in Pacific NW and 9% in Missouri River region
• NWD projects provide 75% of total Corps hydroelectric capacity
• Supply electricity to 3 power marketing agencies ~ $3 B

Water Supply

• 19 municipal projects provide water to 3.5 million people
• 6.5 million acres irrigated by Columbia River and 55,000 acres by the Missouri River

Environment (400kb, pdf)

• $ 600 million total FY09 execution
• $93M Superfund projects
• $55M FUSRAP
• $53M FUDS
• $130M IRP/BRAC
• $8M Environmental Interagency and International Support
• $200M Non-Env. IIS
• $60M Env. Quality

Fish

• $82.1 M in FY08 for Columbia River Fish Mitigation Program
• $50M FY08 Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Program

Regulatory Programs

• FY09 program ~ $21M
• 311 individual permits issued in FY08
• 4,134 activities authorized under general permits
• 2,284 acres affected by permits
• 2,125 acres of wetland mitigation

Emergency Response (300kb, pdf)

• 16 major responses since 2003
• Number deployed: 1,800
• $50 M spent on response and recovery activities
• 750 deployed to Middle East

CONTACTS

HQ - Northwestern Division
P.O. Box 2870
1125 NW Couch St .
Portland OR 97209
(503) 808-3705

Missouri River Regional Office
1616 Capitol Ave. #3300
Omaha NE 68102
(402) 996-3840

Portland District
P.O. Box 2946
Portland OR 97208-2946
(503) 808-4500

Seattle District
PO Box 3755
Seattle WA 98124-3755
(206) 764-3690

Walla Walla District
201 No. 3rd Ave.
Walla Walla WA 99362-1876
(509) 527-7804

Kansas City District
601 E. 12th St .
Kansas City , MO 64106-2896
(816) 983-3201

Omaha District
1616 Capitol St #9000
Omaha NE 68102
(402) 995-2001