Feb 22, 2016
A few rivers went into flood across portions of central and southern Iowa as the snow melted across the area. Some of the flooding on the lower portion of the Des Moines River south of Saylorville occurred due to output from local reservoirs such as Saylorville Lake and Lake Red Rock. Flash flooding occurred on the upper Des Moines near Fort Dodge due to an ice jam and flooding from an ice jam also occurred near Hudson on Black Hawk Creek and near Fraser on the Des Moines River.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 619988). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wapello County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.