Now finished with the 2022-2023 season, after sweating through a scorching hot summer and severe drought conditions, halting operations only for a damaging snowstorm, the Dredge Hurley is docked at the Ensley Engineer Yard stringout where skilled trades workers perform routine maintenance and repairs, getting it ready for the next departure.
The furthest north the Hurley traveled to dredge was on the Upper Mississippi River Mile 113 at Cherokee Landing, 848 river miles north of the farthest south location dredged, at Sardine Point on the Lower Mississippi River Mile 219. All dredged sites were in support of the Memphis, Vicksburg, St.
The Hurley dredged 28 locations this season, with 12 added due to low river levels. With almost three months to go, this amount surpassed amounts dredged during the 2021-2022 season. 20, 2022, the Dredge Hurley had removed just under 12.7 million cubic yards of sediment. "The Hurley was called upon to assist where and as needed," Navigation Branch Chief Matt Young said.Īnd assist they did. River levels impacted navigation in many ways, including an increased need for dredging in reaches of the river that haven’t needed it since the early 2000s. By this time, the Hurley had already dredged several additional assignments, so low water conditions placed even more of a demand on their already increasingly busy schedule. 17, 2022, the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee, measured at an all-time low of -10.76 feet. Late 2022 saw severe drought conditions in the Mississippi River Basin. In eight and a half months, the 36-person crew dredged 14.5 million cubic yards of sediment, which is the most the Dredge Hurley has ever removed in a single season. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. The Memphis District's Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, in Memphis Harbor, on Jan.
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