River/Stream: Turkey River
Location: Cresco, Howard County
Owner: Howard County Conservation Board
Height: 8 ft.
Length: 150 ft.
Hazards:
Warning Signs:
Comments: HCCB was awarded an FY2008 DNR low-head dam safety cost-share grant to construct a rock-arch rapids at a 20:1 slope below the existing dam and mill pond for safety and fish passage. The project was completed in the Fall, 2010.
Documented Fatalitites: 1
- August 13, 1943 - Leland Aberg, swimming in high water at the dam
