The City of St. Peter, Minnesota, requested a Feasibility Study from the Corps of Engineers on November 10, 1997.
Funds are available to initiate a Reconnaissance study to determine Federal interest.
The Reconnaissance study will be completed by September 1999. St. Peter is located in Nicollet County, Minnesota, approximately 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The city is situated on the left bank of the Minnesota River about 90 miles upstream from the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Basin Study Report recognizes St. Peter as a flood problem area. Flooding in the St. Peter area is due to high stages on the Minnesota River caused by excessive runoff from spring snowmelt or summer rainstorms.