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A plaque in the steps leading down to the Mississippi River commemorates thehighest flood ever recorded at St. Louis, the flood of 1993. On August 1,1993, the Mississippi River reached the level of the plaque. Note street andriver in upper left corner of image. The river reached 49.58 feet above normalduring this flood.