Big Sioux River at Akron

The past week

What floods at each level

• 26 ft

  The western portions of Akron will be flooded with water reaching as far as the city park and baseball field to the downtown area, especially if water is able to come in through the storm drains.

• 25 ft

  The lowest levees in Akron will begin to be overtopped if not sandbagged, resulting in more significant flooding in the western edges of Akron.

• 23.25 ft

  Levee gates at Riverside in Sioux City will be closed.

• 23 ft

  Much of Highway 48 will be flooded on both sides of the bridge. Water begins to enter the northwest portions of Akron if levee protection fails, potentially flooding a couple of structures near the intersection of Hwy 48 and Hwy 12. Highway 50 near Westfield will be flooded, and the bridge east of Jefferson will be overtopped.

• 22 ft

  The lower portions of the railroad tracks in Akron begin to flood if levee protection fails.

• 20 ft

  Highway 48/Big Sioux River Rd just west of Akron begins to flood as does the parking lot at the boat ramp in Akron begins to flood.

• 19.5 ft

  A few farm houses may begin flooding.

• 17 ft

  About 6500 acres of farm land are flooded.

• 16 ft

  Several farm levees are overtopped with significant flooding of agricultural lands.

• 15 ft

  Some rural roads on the South Dakota side of the river begin to flood.

• 12 ft

  Some very minor flooding of the lowest lying areas along the river begins.

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