Aug 28, 2009
Heavy rains during the last week of August resulted in the Skunk River at Augusta going above the moderate flood stage level of 17 feet around 130 am on August 28. It crested around 17.89 feet around 12 pm on August 28. After falling off for a while, it rose to a secondary and higher crest of 18.59 feet around 830 pm August 29. It fell back below the moderate flood stage level around 1245 am on September 1.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 192666). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Des Moines County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.