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You might need to change your plans for the holiday week as boating has become dangerous at Saylorville Lake. Officials advise against boating there. Don't boat at Saylorville Lake as water levels ...
Access to Oak Grove beach, some boat ramps and more will remain closed until Saylorville Lake levels drop, which can be a slow process. Iowa flooding could push Saylorville Lake water levels up 30 ...
The lake and dam is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District. At its normal level of 836 feet (255 m) above sea level, Saylorville Lake covers an area of 5,950 acres (24 km 2) or 9.3 square miles (24.1 km 2) and reaches some 17 miles (27 km) upstream.
Big Creek Lake is a lake situated in the Big Creek State Park in Polk County, Iowa. The lake is situated two miles to the north of Polk City, spreads across 814 acres (329 ha), and its mean depth is 17.3 feet (5.3 m) (maximum 51 feet (16 m) deep). The lake's purpose was to protect Polk City from floods. It was a part of the Saylorville project ...
The Des Moines River rises in two forks. The West Fork (the main branch) rises out of the wetlands surrounding Lake Yankton and Long Lake in Lyon County in southwestern Minnesota. The small stream flows southwest into Lake Shetek, then through Windom and Jackson, Minnesota, and near Estherville, Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed zebra mussels, an invasive species, were found in Saylorville Lake.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Iowa.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Saylorville project would be the second hydroelectric project on the Des Moines River. In 2020, a $400 million hydroelectric plant came online in Pella at the Army Corps of Engineer’s Red ...