River/Stream: East Fork Des Moines River Basin
Location: Kossuth & Humboldt Counties
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Seneca Access Rock Dam
Owner: State of Iowa
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Length: 35 ft.
Comments: reported to be in poor condition
Unnamed Rock Dam 1
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Unnamed Rock Dam 2
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Length: 35 feet
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Unnamed Rock Dam 3
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Length: 35 feet
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Patterson Recreation Area Rock Dam
Owner: Kossuth County Conservation Board
Height: 3 ft.
Length: 60 ft.
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Plum Creek Wildlife Area Rock Dam
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Length: 35 feet
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Plum Creek Access Rock Dam
Owner: Kossuth County
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Height: 2 feet
Length: 65 feet
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Algona Rock Dam
Owner: State of Iowa
Built:
Height: 2 feet
Length: 60 feet
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Highway 169 Rock Dam
Owner: State of Iowa
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Height: 3 feet
Length: 60 feet
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Devine Wildlife Area Rock Dam
Owner: Kossuth County Conservation Board
Built:
Height: 2 feet
Length: 80 feet
Comments: recreation
Dakota City Mill Dam Ruins
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Built: 1855 as a saw mill. Converted to grain processing in 1879; mill and flume rebuilt in 1890. Destroyed by flood in 1943.
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Comments: The East Des Moines River Mill was destroyed by a fire in 1943, the same year the dam went out. Remains of the mill and the dam can still be seen on the river near Mill Farm House.
Mill dam ruins photo courtesy Jim Dodd.