River/Stream: Des Moines River
Location: Fraser, Boone County
Latitude: 42.1259034020852
Longitude: -93.9767638371953
Built:
Owner: City of Fraser with oversight by Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Height: 6 feet
Length: 240 feet
Hazards: drowning, urban, visibility, varying
Warning Signs: purchased and donated to the City of Fraser by Iowa Whitewater Coalition in 2006. Additional signage installed during construction of the portage trail.
Portage: portage trail on river right
Comments:
Fatalities 2
- Report of father and son drowned while fishing out of a boat. [Editor: IWC is seeking additional documentation regarding this event.]
Overlook of dam from southern bank
Looking downstream over dam horizon line
