| Abstract: | Minor flooding occurred July 23, 2010, in the Little Maquoketa River Basin and major flooding occurred July 23–26, 2010, in the Maquoketa River Basin in northeast Iowa following severe thunderstorm activity over the region during July 22–24. A breach of the Lake Delhi Dam on July 24 aggravated flooding on the Maquoketa River. Rain gages at Manchester and Strawberry Point, Iowa, recorded 72-hour-rainfall amounts of 7.33 and 12.23 inches, respectively, on July 24. The majority of the rainfall occurred during a 48-hour period. Within the Little Maquoketa River Basin, a peak-discharge estimate of 19,000 cubic feet per second (annual flood-probability estimate of 4 to 10 percent) at the discontinued 05414500 Little Maquoketa River near Durango, Iowa streamgage on July 23 is the sixth largest flood on record. Within the Maquoketa River Basin, peak discharges of 26,600 cubic feet per second (annual flood-probability estimate of 0.2 to 1 percent) at the 05416900 Maquoketa River at Manchester, Iowa streamgage on July 24, and of 25,000 cubic feet per second (annual flood-probability estimate of 1 to 2 percent) at the 05418400 North Fork Maquoketa River near Fulton, Iowa streamgage on July 24 are the largest floods on record for these sites. A peak discharge affected by the Lake Delhi Dam breach on July 24 at the 05418500 Maquoketa River near Maquoketa, Iowa streamgage, located downstream of Lake Delhi, of 46,000 cubic feet per second on July 26 is the third highest on record. High-water marks were measured at five locations along the Little Maquoketa and North Fork Little Maquoketa Rivers between U.S. Highway 52 near Dubuque and County Road Y21 near Rickardsville, a distance of 19 river miles. Highwater marks were measured at 28 locations along the Maquoketa River between U.S. Highway 52 near Green Island and State Highway 187 near Arlington, a distance of 142 river miles. High-water marks were measured at 13 locations along the North Fork Maquoketa River between Rockdale Road near Maquoketa and U.S. Highway 52 near Luxemburg, a distance of 90 river miles. The high-water marks were used to develop flood profiles for the Little Maquoketa, North Fork Little Maquoketa, Maquoketa, and North Fork Maquoketa Rivers. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70007170 |
| Citation Author: | Eash, David A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS Iowa Water Science Center |
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| Citation End Page: | 45 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
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| Citation LatN: | 0424500 |
| Citation LatS: | 0414500 |
| Citation LonE: | -0901500 |
| Citation LonW: | -0914500 |
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| Citation No Pagination: | N |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | 51 |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | Y |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 18 p.; Figures; Appendix |
| Citation Projection: | Universal Transverse Mercator |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2011-1301 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Floods of July 23-26, 2010, in the Little Maquoketa River and Maquoketa River Basins, Northeast Iowa; 2012; OFR; 2011-1301; Eash, David A. |
| Citation Start Page: | i |
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| Citation Year: | 2012 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Floods of July 23-26, 2010, in the Little Maquoketa River and Maquoketa River Basins, Northeast Iowa; 2012; OFR; 2011-1301; Eash, David A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_2011_1301.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1301/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
