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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 West Fork of the Little Sioux River is a river in the northwestern Iowa, United States. It is a tributary to the Little Sioux River through the Garretson Outlet Ditch within the Missouri River floodplain which it enters at 42°09′44″N 96°05′50″W / 42.16222°N 96.09722°W / 42.16222; -96.
Millwood Lake [1] is mainly recognized for its fishing and birding access. [2] It is also known for housing the 1,380-pound alligator, which was caught in the lake in 2012. [ 3 ] Its 35,000 acres (14,000 ha) of submerged timber provide homes for the many varieties of fish in the lake, including the indigenous Millwood lunker largemouth bass.
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.
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.
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.
Mountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a 98-mile-long (158 km) [1] tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The stream rises in the Ouachita Mountains.
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.