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High Water Table Creates Problems - Flooded streets, rats, gasoline vapors cited
Backyard Lake - George Kabat and his son Bill, found a rowboat was the best method of transportation around their Gifford Road neighborhood Monday. The Missouri River spilled into the area Sunday. Kibat estimated water surrounding his home at 6805…
Floods of 1960
Flood's Over, Huh?: The recent flood in Mills and Fremont counties may be gone but the water lingers on in many sections of the river bottom. Taken this week, this picture of the Newell Lorimor farm home east of Bartlett reveals why the 'moving back'…
Floods of 1960
Flood-Soaked Soybeans . . . stored in this metal bin on the Claude Robertson farm have literally blown the bin apart. Several other metal bins, including a quonset building holding several thousand bushels of shelled corn, have started to bulge and…
Floods of 1960
Orphans Of Flood: Left behind at the Marion Osborn farm in the haste of flood threatened departure were: the family cat, taking it easy on the roof at the left; the guinea flock, one of which pokes its head above the ridge at the upper left; and some…
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature" In Fremont, Mills Counties
A Tense Moment . . . results when Fremont County sheriff, Al Christopher, in white hat, advises group of Bartlett residents that their town will be flooded.
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature' In Fremont, Mills Counties
Shelves Are Emptied . . . in the Bartlett general store by owners Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ware after news of impending flood danger is received.
Overtones Of Lightness And Human Resiliency In Floods; In The Drama Of 'Man And Nature' In Fremont, Mills Counties
An Evacuation Route . . . is kept open by diking Mills county road G into Bartlett. National Guard trucks shuttle in and out of the flood threatened area.
'Watchful Waiting' In S.W. Iowa Flood Areas; Missouri River Bottoms 'One Big Lake'
Desolate And Abandoned . . . farmsteads such as this dotted the flooded sections of Mills and Fremont counties as Missouri River waters spread over much of the bottomland in those two counties.
Floods Threaten Three Towns In Southwest Iowa; Bartlett Residents Told To Evacuate
"Commandeered" County Road . . . north of Highway 34 near the Don Rhoden farm at Pacific Junction is taken over completely by rushing flood waters.
Floods Threaten Three Towns In Southwest Iowa; Bartlett Residents Told To Evacuate
Engulfed In Deep Waters . . . are buildings and a car on a farm occupied by Bertha Smith near Pacific Junction.
No Time To Complain About Mud From House To Barn; Southwest Iowa Scene
Volunteer Helper . . . E.N. Schrimplen of Glenwood lends a hand in moving appliances from the Herb Lincoln home.
Five Days Of Thawing Weather Is Forecast; Should Dispose of Snow; Flood Question Should Be Settled This Week March 28, 1960
Indian Creek . . . reflects little activity from the spring thaw. Here, at Second Ave., only a shallow stream cuts a path through ice and snow.
Floods of 1960
Flood waters surround grain bins on a farm, April 1960
Present Dams Would Take 8 Feet Off 52 Flood Crest
If 1952 Flood Happened This Year . . . this chart, prepared by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, shows what would happen at Council Bluffs if the Missouri River flood of April 1952 were to happen today. Because Fort Randall is now impounding water, the…
Floods - Council Bluffs
North side of Broadway, looking east from 11th Street
Floods - Council Bluffs
Broadway, between the North Western and Illinois Central railroad tracks
Floods - Council Bluffs
Tank farm south of Council Bluffs, flooded by Mosquito Creek