River/Stream: Des Moines River
Location: northwest of Boone, Boone County
Latitude: 42.0771298311448
Longitude: -93.9362058817401
Bilt: 1933
Owner: City of Boone
Height: 3 ft.
Length: 212 ft.
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: 4
- July 10, 2006 - inner tube floater Megan Pavelick
- July 30, 1972 - canoeist Glenn Houlberg & boater William McAlpine who attempted rescue
- April 24, 1971 - canoeist Tom Huerter, a rescuer who became victim
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.
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