River/Stream: Des Moines River
Location: Fort Dodge, Webster County
Owner: City of Fort Dodge
Height: 8 ft.
Length: 270 ft.
Warning Signs:
Comments: The low head dam is a challenge. You can scramble up the riverbank on the east side, with easy portage below the dam. The city has also built a ramp south of the lowhead dam on the west side which can be used if you want to portage from the hydro dam. -- Gerry Rowland
Documented Fatailites: 1
- July 10, 1983, Patrick Darby, inner tube floating
