Jul 24, 2010
More than 10 inches of rain in the watershed during the fourth week of July resulted in the Maquoketa River at Maquoketa going above the moderate flood stage level of 26 feet on July 24 around 1115 am CDT. It then topped its previous record (34.09 ft in 2002) by more than a foot, cresting around 35.1 feet around 1 am CDT July 26. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 12 pm CDT July 27.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 251631). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Jackson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.