Flooding at Commerce, Mo.

Receding floodwaters from the Mississippi River leave mud around this sandbagged house Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

A towboat moves down the Mississippi River Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

A towboat moves down the Mississippi River past the river gauge Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

This view from the federal levee looking north to the town Sunday, May 8, 2011 shows the flooded fields that were caused by a breached farm levee south of Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Harold Kraft stands on the step in front of his house Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. that he says floodwaters reached when the Mississippi River was at its highest point last week. Water remains over Water street, County Road 321, to the north of his house. (Fred Lynch)

Water still covers Scott County Road 321, Water Street, Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

A reader board is accessible again at the riverfront Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Darriel Williams of Commerce, Mo. stands in his back yard next to the Mississippi River Sunday, May 8, 2011. He is leveling the levee he built as a precaution which he did not need after all. (Fred Lynch)

A National Guard checkpoint controlled access to the town Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

This view shows the federal levee, at right, with the flooded fields Sunday, May 8, 2011 which were caused by a breached farm levee last week south of Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Mississippi River floodwaters are receding Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

Water still covers Scott County Road 321, Water Street, Sunday, May 8, 2011 in Commerce, Mo. (Fred Lynch)