River/Stream: Des Moines River
Location: SSE of Humboldt, Humboldt County
Owner: Corn Belt Power
Height (ft.): 5
Hazards: drowning, portage, varying, visibility
Warning Signs:
Comments:
Fatalitites: 3
May 23, 1985 - canoeists Reggie, Ronald & Stacy Tate
Incident Report:
Two brothers and their nephew drowned after their canoe went over the Corn Belt Power Dam on the Des Moines River near Humboldt, Iowa. All were wearing life vests. No one saw what happened, but the river is flat above and below the dam. All bodies were recovered within sight of the dam; the canoe was spotted and picked up near Fort Dodge, fifteen miles downstream..
