Chronology of Iowa Flood Reports

River reaches profiled by the USGS are shown in red.

Numbers on map correspond to a Flood Profile Report found below.

Flood Profiles Map

CHRONOLOGY OF IOWA FLOOD-PROFILE REPORTS PREPARED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Copies of the following reports are available upon request from the Iowa District office (319-337-4191).

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Link to abstract   1) Myers, R.E. 1963, Floods at Des Moines, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-53, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Link to abstract   1) Carpenter, P.J., and Appel, D.H., 1966, Water-Surface profiles of Raccoon River at Des Moines, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open -File Report 67-0037, 12p., includes Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-53 (listed above).
    2) Schwob, H.H., 1963, Cedar River Basin floods: Iowa Highway Research Board Bulletin No. 27, 59 p.
Link to abstract   3) Schwob, H.H., and Meyers, R.E., 1965, The 1965 Mississippi River flood in Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 46 p.
Link to abstract   4) Schwob, H.H., 1966, Little Sioux River Basin floods: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 60 p.
Link to abstract   5) ____1967, Floods on Otter Creek in Linn County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 22 p.
Link to abstract   6) Carpenter, P.J., 1967, Floods in Rock River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 28 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 7) Schwob, H.H., 1968, Flood of June 7, 1967, in the Wapsinonoc Creek Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 21 p.
Link to abstract   8) U.S. Geological Survey, 1968, Flood profile study, Squaw Creek, Linn County, Iowa, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 13 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 9) Schwob, H.H., 1970, Floods in the upper Des Moines River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 49 p.
Link to abstract   10) ____1970, Flood profile study, Morgan Creek, Linn County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 16 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 11) ____1970, Flood of March 3, 1970, on Old Mans Creek, Johnson County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 9 p.
Link to abstract   12) ____1970, Flood profile study, Hoosier Creek, Linn County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 18 p.
Link to abstract   13) ____1971, Floods in the Wapsipinicon River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 52 p.
Link to abstract   14) Heinitz, A.J., 1973, Floods in the Iowa River Basin upstream from Coralville Lake, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 75 p.
Link to abstract   15) ____1973, Floods in the Rock River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 74 p.
Link to abstract   16) Lara, O.G., and Heinitz, A.J., 1976, Flood of June 27, 1975 in city of Ames, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 56 p.
Link to abstract   17) Heinitz, A.J., 1977, Floods in the Big Creek Basin, Linn County, Iowa, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-209, 35 p.
Link to abstract   18) Heinitz, A.J., and Wiitala, S.W., 1978, Floods in the Skunk River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-272, 80 p.
Link to abstract   19) Heinitz, A.J., 1979, Supplement to floods in the upper Des Moines River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1486, 6 p.
Link to abstract   20) ____1980, Floods in the Raccoon River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-162, 110 p.
Link to abstract   21) Heinitz, A.J., and Riddle, D.E., 1981, Floods in the English River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-67, 61 p.
Link to abstract   22) Heinitz, A.J., 1986, Floods in south-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-100, 95 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 23) ____1986, Floods of June-July, 1982, in Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-151, 18 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 24) ____1986, Floods in the Floyd River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-476, 61 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 25) Eash, D.A., and Heinitz, A.J., 1991, Floods in the Nishnabotna River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-171, 118 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 26) Baebenroth, R.W., and Schaap, B.D., 1992, Floods of 1986 and 1990 in the Raccoon River Basin, west-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-94, 144 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 27) Barnes, K.K., and Eash, D.A., 1994, Flood of June 17, 1990, in the Clear Creek Basin, east-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-78, 21 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 28) Einhellig, R.F., and Eash, D.A., 1996, Floods of June 17, 1990, and July 9, 1993, along Squaw Creek and the South Skunk River in Ames, Iowa, and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-249, 34 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 29) Eash, D.A., 1996, Flood of May 19, 1990, along Perry Creek in Plymouth and Woodbury Counties, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-476, 39 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 30) Eash, D.A., and Koppensteiner, B.A., 1996, Floods of July 12, 1972, March 19, 1979, and June 15, 1991, in the Turkey River Basin, northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-560, 55 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 31) ____1997, Floods of September 15-16, 1992, in the Thompson, Weldon, and Chariton River Basins, south-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-122, 68 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 32) ____1997, Flood of July 9-11, 1993, in the Raccoon River Basin, west-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-557, 117p.
Link to abstract Link to report 33) Schaap, B.D., and Harvey, C.A., 1995, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--flood of June 29-September 18, 1993, in Iowa City and vicinity, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA735-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Link to abstract Link to report 34) Schaap, B.D., 1996, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--flood of June 19-July 31, 1993, in Davenport, Iowa, and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA735-C, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.
Link to abstract Link to report 35) ____1996, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--flood of June 18 through August 4, 1993, in Des Moines and vicinity, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA735-D, 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.
Link to abstract Link to report 36) Fischer, E.E., 1999, Flood of June 15-17, 1998, Nishnabotna and East Nishnabotna Rivers, southwest Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-70, 15 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 37) Ballew, J.L., and Fischer, E.E., 2000, Floods of May 17-20, 1999, in the Volga and Wapsipinicon River Basins, northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-237, 36 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 38) Ballew, J.L., and Eash D.A., 2001, Floods of July 19-25, 1999, in the Wapsipinicon and Cedar River Basins, northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-13, 45 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 39) Eash, D.A., 2004, Flood of June 4, 2002, in the Indian Creek Basin, Linn County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1074, 31 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 40) Eash, D.A., 2004, Flood of June 4-5, 2002, in the Maquoketa River Basin, East-Central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1250, 29 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 41) Eash, D.A., 2006, Flood of May 23, 2004, in the Turkey and Maquoketa River Basins, Northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1067, 35 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 42) Fischer, E.E., and Eash, D.A., 2008, Flood of May 6, 2007, Willow Creek, West-Central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1229, 11 p.
Link to abstract Link to report 43) Fischer, E.E., and Eash, D.A., 2010, Flood of June 8-9, 2008, Upper Iowa River, Northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1087, 17 p. with app.
Link to abstract Link to report 44) Linhart, S.M., and Eash, D.A., 2010, Floods of May 30 to June 15, 2008, in the Iowa and Cedar River Basins, Eastern Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1190, 99 p. with Appendixes.
Link to abstract Link to report 45) Eash, D.A., 2012, Floods of July 23-26, 2010, in the Little Maquoketa River and Maquoketa River Basins, Northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1301, 45 p. with appendix.
Link to abstract Link to report 46) Barnes, K.K., and Eash, D.A., 2012, Flood of August 11-16, 2010, in the South Skunk River Basin, central and southeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1202, 27 p. with appendix.