River/Stream: Des Moines River
Location: northwest of Boone, Boone County
Owner: City of Boone
Height (ft.): 3
Hazards: drowning, varying, visibility
Warning Signs: installed July, 2006. Click here for more details about the signage donated by IWC.
Comments: excellent portage trail river left (new 2006). Click here for more information about construction of the portage trail.
Fatalitites: 1
July 10, 2006 - inner tube floater Megan Pavelick
Incident Reports:
On July 9th, 2006, Megan Pavelick drowned at the Boone Waterworks dam shortly after starting a tubing trip down the Des Moines River with friends. It almost became a bigger tragedy when a nearby fisherman nearly drowned while assisting in the rescue effort. The drop over the dam that day was reported to be a mere 14 inches, but the hydraulic was enough to entrap and claim Megan as the latest victim of that dam. Less than a hour later two canoeists escaped the deadly hydraulics after their canoe swamped while paddling over the dam.
