The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has updated the Missouri Flood & Drought app to include Missouri’s 93 state park and historic site boundaries and labels, making it easier for users to identify locations on the platform.
Missouri’s Division of State Parks maintains emergency response protocols developed in coordination with local law enforcement, emergency management agencies and first responders. Team members monitor weather forecasts and stay in contact with state and local emergency responders to help with evacuations or shelter procedures if needed.
Visitors are encouraged to stay informed by monitoring local weather alerts on their mobile devices, becoming familiar with shelter areas upon arrival and following advisories issued by park personnel.
“This is a relatively new app MoDNR released in April 2026,” said Kurt Schaefer, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. “Setting up notifications for streams in your area allows the app to alert you to vital flooding information, so you can avoid a route that could potentially put you in danger. It is an extremely valuable tool on multiple levels, especially for public safety.”
“Safety and emergency preparedness are always a top priority for the Missouri Division of State Parks,” said Justin Adams, deputy director of operations for MoDNR’s Division of State Parks. “The Missouri Flood & Drought app serves as an additional resource to support emergency response plans and situational awareness, helping staff respond quickly and effectively when needed.”
Developed over a three-year period, the free Missouri Flood & Drought app uses data from MoDNR’s network of streamgages and soil-moisture sensors to display real-time conditions, as well as how forecasted weather may affect different regions.
Available through app stores, the app’s release is the first step in growing Missouri’s resilience to flooding and drought. A desktop version is available at mohic.hub.arcgis.com.
The app is designed to make streamgage and flooding data easier to access, similar to weather data. Users can set up notifications for streams in their area, and the app will alert them to flooding information so they can avoid routes that could put them in danger.
In collaboration with multiple partners, the department continues to install a statewide network of streamgages to monitor water levels and stream velocity, as well as soil-moisture sensors to monitor ground saturation. Data collected from those networks provides the information that makes the app’s monitoring and forecasting capabilities possible.
Visit the Missouri Hydrology Information Center page, dnr.mo.gov/water/what-were-doing/mo-hydrology-information-center-mohic, to access the Missouri Flood & Drought app and learn more. The Division of State Parks is part of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
