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The Little Sioux River crested at 30.7 feet at 9 p.m. Monday in Correctionville, about 1.5 feet above the record, according to the National Water Prediction Service. It was at 29 feet Tuesday morning.
There were enough rain and river swelling in the Des Moines, Rock and Little Sioux rivers, among others, to break flood level records at 16 locations in Iowa, Reynolds said.
The Little Sioux River tore through the bottom of the town, destroying at least two homes, flooding soybean fields and a public park. The river raged so loudly that it sounded like white-water rapids.
The Little Sioux River was known as Eaneah-waudepon or "Stone River" to the Sioux Indians. Its tributaries include the Ocheyedan River, Maple River and the West Fork of the Little Sioux River. The Little Sioux River is integral to the Nepper Watershed Project, a major Iowa flood control and soil conservation program that was introduced in 1947. [2]
The Big Sioux River at Riverside in Sioux City crested at 45 feet around 8 a.m. Monday morning — seven feet higher than the previous record of 37.7 feet, according to a news release from Sioux City.
The Big Sioux River stabilized Monday morning at around 45 feet, over 7 feet higher than the previous record, Sioux City Fire Marshal Mark Aesoph said. In North Sioux City, the South Dakota Department of Transportation built a berm Sunday night across Interstate 29 to stem flooding, temporarily blocking the major route.
Major flooding is ongoing or will commence on the Big Sioux, Little Sioux, Des Moines, West Fork Des Moines, Vermillion, Cannon, James, Rock, Cedar, and Minnesota rivers, with several stations ...
The Little Sioux River floods Smithland, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. About 4 miles south of Smithland, near the town of Rodney, the Nagel District maintains a vulnerable levee segment.