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Missouri River Adjacent to Iowa

Summary of Changes in Missouri River Channel Features in 1879-1976

 year river miles channel area total channel area Iowa
(Nebr.)
water area total water area Iowa
(Nebr.)
 1879 211.3 80,975 45,104
(35,871)
 57,756 32,279
(25,477)
1890 214.9 71,889 41,737
(30,152)
36,617 20,288
(16,329)
1923 200.7 77,129 42,790
(34,338)
45,647 24,739
(20,908)
1947
"total"
197.7 49,483 23,702
(25,781)
23,295 10,542
(12,752)
1947
"active"
197.7 18.791 9,307
(9,484)
15,671 7,612
(8,059)
1976 182.7 15,477 7,672
(7,806)
15,420 7,629
(7,791)
1976
"backwater"
      2,007 1,483
(524)

Pottawattamie County 1890

Pottwattamie County 1976

Woodbury County 1890

Woodbury County 1976

Changes in the Channel Area of the Missouri River in Iowa, 1879-1876, Hallberg, G.R., Harbaugh, J.M. and Witinok, P.M. 1979. Iowa Geological Survey Special Rept. Series #1, 32p.
www.igsb.uiowa.edu

 

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