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CHRONOLOGY OF IOWA FLOOD-PROFILE REPORTS
PREPARED BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Copies of the following reports are available upon request from the Iowa 
District office (319-337-4191).

1) Myers, R.E. 1963, Floods at Des Moines, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-53, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

1) Carpenter, P.J., and Appel, D.H., 1966, Water-Surface profiles of Raccoon 
River at Des Moines, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open -File Report 67-0037, 
12p., includes Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-53 (listed above).

2) Schwob, H.H., 1963, Cedar River Basin floods: Iowa Highway Research Board 
Bulletin No. 27, 59 p.

3) Schwob, H.H., and Meyers, R.E., 1965, The 1965 Mississippi River flood in 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 46 p.

4) Schwob, H.H., 1966, Little Sioux River Basin floods: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report, 60 p.

5) ____1967, Floods on Otter Creek in Linn County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report, 22 p.

6) Carpenter, P.J., 1967, Floods in Rock River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report, 28 p.

7) Schwob, H.H., 1968, Flood of June 7, 1967, in the Wapsinonoc Creek Basin, 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 21 p.

8) U.S. Geological Survey, 1968, Flood profile study, Squaw Creek, Linn County, 
Iowa, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 13 p.

9) Schwob, H.H., 1970, Floods in the upper Des Moines River Basin, Iowa: U.S. 
Geological Survey Open-File Report, 49 p.

10) ____1970, Flood profile study, Morgan Creek, Linn County, Iowa: U.S. 
Geological Survey Open-File Report, 16 p.

11) ____1970, Flood of March 3, 1970, on Old Mans Creek, Johnson County, Iowa: 
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 9 p.

12) ____1970, Flood profile study, Hoosier Creek, Linn County, Iowa: U.S. 
Geological Survey Open-File Report, 18 p.

13) ____1971, Floods in the Wapsipinicon River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological 
Survey Open-File Report, 52 p.

14) Heinitz, A.J., 1973, Floods in the Iowa River Basin upstream from Coralville 
Lake, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 75 p.

15) ____1973, Floods in the Rock River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-
File Report, 74 p.

16) Lara, O.G., and Heinitz, A.J., 1976, Flood of June 27, 1975 in city of Ames, 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 56 p.

17) Heinitz, A.J., 1977, Floods in the Big Creek Basin, Linn County, Iowa, U.S. 
Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-209, 35 p.

18) Heinitz, A.J., and Wiitala, S.W., 1978, Floods in the Skunk River Basin, 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-272, 80 p.

19) Heinitz, A.J., 1979, Supplement to floods in the upper Des Moines River 
Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1486, 6 p.

20) ____1980, Floods in the Raccoon River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report 80-162, 110 p.

21) Heinitz, A.J., and Riddle, D.E., 1981, Floods in the English River Basin, 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-67, 61 p.

22) Heinitz, A.J., 1986, Floods in south-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report 85-100, 95 p.

23) ____1986, Floods of June-July, 1982, in Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-
File Report 85-151, 18 p.

24) ____1986, Floods in the Floyd River Basin, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report 86-476, 61 p.

25) Eash, D.A., and Heinitz, A.J., 1991, Floods in the Nishnabotna River Basin, 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-171, 118 p.

26) Baebenroth, R.W., and Schaap, B.D., 1992, Floods of 1986 and 1990 in the 
Raccoon River Basin, west-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 
92-94, 144 p.

27) Barnes, K.K., and Eash, D.A., 1994, Flood of June 17, 1990, in the Clear 
Creek Basin, east-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-78, 
21 p.

28) Einhellig, R.F., and Eash, D.A., 1996, Floods of June 17, 1990, and July 9, 
1993, along Squaw Creek and the South Skunk River in Ames, Iowa, and vicinity: 
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-249, 34 p.

29) Eash, D.A., 1996, Flood of May 19, 1990, along Perry Creek in Plymouth and 
Woodbury Counties, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-476, 39 p.

30) Eash, D.A., and Koppensteiner, B.A., 1996, Floods of July 12, 1972, March 
19, 1979, and June 15, 1991, in the Turkey River Basin, northeast Iowa: U.S. 
Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-560, 55 p.

31) ____1997, Floods of September 15-16, 1992, in the Thompson, Weldon, and 
Chariton River Basins, south-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 
Report 97-122, 68 p.

32) ____1997, Flood of July 9-11, 1993, in the Raccoon River Basin, west-central 
Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-557, 117p.

33) Schaap, B.D., and Harvey, C.A., 1995, Delineation of flooding within the 
upper Mississippi River Basin--flood of June 29-September 18, 1993, in Iowa City 
and vicinity, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas 
HA735-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

34) Schaap, B.D., 1996, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi 
River Basin--flood of June 19-July 31, 1993, in Davenport, Iowa, and vicinity: 
U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA735-C, 1 sheet, scale 
1:24,000.

35) ____1996, Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River Basin--
flood of June 18 through August 4, 1993, in Des Moines and vicinity, Iowa: U.S. 
Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA735-D, 2 sheets, scale 
1:24,000.

36) Fischer, E.E., 1999, Flood of June 15-17, 1998, Nishnabotna and East 
Nishnabotna Rivers, southwest Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 
99-70, 15 p.

37) Ballew, J.L., and Fischer, E.E., 2000, Floods of May 17-20, 1999, in the 
Volga and Wapsipinicon River Basins, northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report 00-237, 36 p.

38) Ballew, J.L., and Eash D.A., 2001, Floods of July 19-25, 1999, in the 
Wapsipinicon and Cedar River Basins, northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report 01-13, 45 p.

39) Eash, D.A., 2004, Flood of June 4, 2002, in the Indian Creek Basin, Linn 
County, Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1074, 31 p. 
[Available online at URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1074/].

40) Eash, D.A., 2004, Flood of June 4-5, 2002, in the Maquoketa River Basin, 
east-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1250, 29 p. 
[Available online at URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1250/].

41) Eash, D.A., 2006, Flood of May 23, 2004, in the Turkey and Maquoketa River 
Basins, northeast Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1067, 35 p.
[Available online at URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1067/].

42) Fischer, E.E., and Eash, D.A., 2008, Flood of May 6, 2007, Willow Creek, 
west-central Iowa: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1229, 11 p. 
[Available online at URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1229/]