Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Lake Red Rock, also referred to as Red Rock Reservoir is a reservoir formed by Red Rock Dam on the Des Moines River, about 41 miles (66 km) southeast of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. The dam was completed in 1969 as a Flood control project by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , creating the largest lake in Iowa .
Red Rock Dam is a dam in central Iowa, United States, on the Des Moines River, forming Lake Red Rock. It is contained entirely within Marion County. The nearest cities are Pella to the northeast, and Knoxville to the southwest. The dam consists of a rolled earthfill embankment and a gravity concrete control section.
The city of Red Rock, Iowa was created just to the west of the line. The city and several of the landmarks denoting the line were, at least partially, submerged in 1962 by the creation of Lake Red Rock with the construction of Red Rock Dam. [3] The treaty stipulated that border would be patrolled by the US military. [4]
Cordova Tower in Marion County, Iowa. Cordova Tower is an observation tower located in Cordova Park in Marion County, Iowa. [1] The tower is seated on the north side of Lake Red Rock and equidistant from the four Marion County towns of Pella, Knoxville, Monroe, and Otley.
Sirens blared at 2 a.m. in Rock Valley, Iowa, population 4,200, where people in hundreds of homes were told to get out as the Rock River could no longer take rain that has slammed the region.
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 ).
Red Oak is a city in, and the county seat of, Montgomery County, Iowa, United States, [3] located along the East Nishnabotna River. The population was 5,596 in the 2020 census , a decline from the 6,197 population in 2000 .
Red Rock Lake or Lake Red Rock appears in the names of at least 19 geographic entities. Among these are: Lake Red Rock (Des Moines River), a reservoir on the Des Moines River, southwest of Des Moines, Iowa; Red Rock Lakes Wilderness, in Montana; Red Rock Lake is a lake in Glacier National Park, Montana