Apr 11, 2014
A brief warm spell following a record cold winter resulted in an unusually significant ice break up on Delta County streams and tributaries on the 11th. The unusually thick ice chunks resulted in several ice jams along the Tecoosh, Rapid, and Escanaba Rivers with the most significant along the Escanaba River north of Dam #3.||Water backing up behind an ice jam along the Tecoosh River near the town of Rapid River threatened a house but the Road Commission used heavy equipment to break up the dam
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 522648). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Delta County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.