Kimmswick in Jefferson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Kimmswick Historic Flooding

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 13, 2024

1. Kimmswick Historic Flooding Marker

Inscription. The city of Kimmswick is bordered by the Mississippi River and Rock Creek. Throughout history the town has protected the community with building levees and berms to hold back both water ways. Flooding that has affected the City of Kimmswick in 1993, 2012, 2015, and 2019 brought the community together in heroic fashion. During each of these flood events, the city of Kimmswick, residents, merchants, and volunteers came together to sandbag and build a temporary levee to save the community from disaster. Pumps were rented to pump out water once the levee was constructed to keep it from the town. The community has only three roads in and out, two of the three flooded during each event which left only one road accessible. This marker shows the highest level on record of these flood events.

Driving into floodwater is the number one cause of flood related deaths in Missouri. Do not drive into flooded areas!

Erected 2021 by Missouri Department of Public Safety and the Silver Jackets.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1993.

Location. 38° 21.843′ N, 90° 21.746′ W. Marker is in Kimmswick, Missouri, in Jefferson County. It can be reached

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from the intersection of Windsor Harbor Road and Mississippi Street. Marker is posted on the Windsor Harbor Road Bridge. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 Mill St, Imperial MO 63052, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Windsor Harbor Road Bridge (a few steps from this marker); El Camino Real (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bring Us Home (approx. 1.1 miles away); Flame of Freedom (approx. 1.1 miles away); Excavating the Bones (approx. 1½ miles away); Kimmswick Bone Bed (approx. 1½ miles away); Quarry Operations (approx. 1½ miles away); Welcome to Sulphur Springs Landing (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kimmswick.

More about this marker. Kimmswick was one of eight Missouri communities to apply for this historical marker that talks about history of flooding as well as the dangers. The USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) provided them for free.

Also see . . . Silver Jackets. This link is found at the bottom of the marker. (Submitted on June 13, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 13, 2024

2. Kimmswick Historic Flooding Marker

Marker is posted on the Windsor Harbor Road Bridge, which is pedestrian-only.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 506 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.