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The Little Sioux River crested at 30.7 feet at 9 p.m. Monday north in Correctionville, about 1.5 feet above the record, according to the National Water Prediction Service.
Homes on the south side of Spencer, Iowa near the Little Sioux River are unlivable as water has reached the main floor, resident Ben Thomas said. A lot of people in town are facing a “double ...
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 in Sioux City hit major flood stage Sunday afternoon and a flood warning is in effect for the Little Sioux River near Correctionville until late Wednesday. The National Weather ...
Dux said that in some places, water rose to record levels in a short timeframe, in particular the Little Sioux River near Spencer, which has risen to 20 feet from 9 1/2 feet, and the Big Sioux ...
The Little Sioux barely missed its record by .02 feet. East Leach Park, which is on the southern edge of the Little Sioux, is a known floodplain. But it has never flooded like this.
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.