West Fork Des Moines River above Windom

The past week

What floods at each level

• 30 ft

  The bridge at the gage location on Country Club Dr is overtopped and nearby homes are flooded. Portions of County Road 13 begin to flood.

• 27 ft

  Highway 71 in Windom is flooded and significant flooding of homes and businesses will be ongoing. The main levee at the golf course in Windom is overtopped.

• 25 ft

  Water approaches Hwy 71 in Windom as well as the bottom of the railroad bridge. A significant amount of water overtops River Rd and backs up through the Perkins Creek floodplain, flooding nearby homes and outbuildings.

• 24 ft

  Water reaches the bottom beams of the bridge on Country Club Dr.

• 23 ft

  Water begins to approach at least a couple homes and businesses in Windom. Water also approaches River Rd southeast of 15th Ave and at least one private driveway is flooded off of Country Club Dr.

• 22 ft

  Water begins to approach or flood some outbuildings near Valley Ln and also south of 6th St.

• 21 ft

  The lower portions of the road through Island Park are overtopped and water approaches a couple of the gravel parking lots on the east side of Hwy 71 in Windom.

• 19 ft

  Lowland flooding begins along several stretches of the river and Island Park in Windom floods in several areas.

• 18 ft

  The boat launch area off of River Rd begins to flood.

• 17 ft

  The lower parking lot on the south side of Island Park begins to flood.

• 15 ft

  The lower banks at Island Park begin to overflow.

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