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182 Dam Related Fatalities
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2020 (4)
Upper Iowa - May 18, 2024, Kayaker Justin Limkemann found below the dam after being reported missing
Clermont - June 8, 2020, Sharon Kahn & Vicki Hodge, went over the dam while tubing
March 21, 2020, Shaun Oppenheimer, fell from sinking fishing boat in restricted waters at spillway dam for Guttenburg Lock & Dam 10
2010's (19)
Palisades - July 20, 2019, Jairo Mejia Jimenez, went underwater while swimming near the dam
Palisades - July 7, 2019, Ricky Lee Veenstra, fell from jon boat at spillway, was not wearing a PFD
Clarinda - July 5, 2019, Jerrimiah Bryant Smiley, paddled his kayak over dam into undertow
January 5, 2019, Timothy Chicoine, his kayak capsized in tailwaters below Red Rock Dam, Des Moines River, Marion County
Fort Dodge - May 28, 2018, Alex Dencklau, his kayak capsized in the boil below the dam
Des Moines - May 29, 2017, Ronald Weaver, drifted into current with unpowered boat
Cedar Falls - April 13, 2017, Anthony S. “Tony” Romero, fell off ledge on river right while fishing and was swept into recirculating hydraulic. Tony died a few days later.
June 24, 2016, Tyler Harris, fishing boat swept over Lock & Dam 19, Keokuk, Lee County. Another man in the boat was wearing a personal flotation device and was rescued alive.
Charles City - March 22, 2016, Kevin Endelman, fell out of boat anchored above the dam
Des Moines - January 10, 2015, Ayawk William, jumped off bridge above the dam
Troy Mills - July 19, 2014, Andrea Zimmermann, went over the dam while tubing
Upper Iowa - July 20, 2013, Eric Langland, swimming too close below dam
Linn Grove - June 29, 2013, Robert Wiese, lost control of a motor boat while launching it in high water above the dam
Marshalltown - June 18, 2012, Andres Favela-Lopez, swept away by undercurrents while swimming at dam
Clarinda - July 19, 2011, Deontae Haynes, swimming too close below dam
Des Moines - June 11, 2011, Dax Bell, swam into boil below the dam
Fertile - July 26, 2010, James Thompson, attempted to remove debris on dam
Waucoma - July 25, 2010, Christopher Spilde, swimming too close below dam
Delhi Dam - June 19, 2010, Jonathan Berg, thrillseeker jumped into spillway
2000's (20)
Cedar Rapids - July 29, 2009, Christopher Clark, jet skiing