River/Stream: Des Moines River

Built: 1922. Demolition completed in 2019.

Owner: City of Fort Dodge

Height: 17 feet

Length: 366 feet

Hazards: drowning, varying, visibility -- significantly reduced by rehabilitation project.

Warning Signs: No longer needed.

Comments: Formerly a hydroelectric 16-high dam, since removed in 2019. The removal was staged into 2 steps in order to prevent all sediment in the impoundment from being released at the same time. However, be aware of remaining structures and breaking waves. From Salorville Dam North to Humboldt we have removed or modified 4 dams with only the Fraser dam left. For the first time in over 100 years our fisheries biologist are catching flathead catfish in Humboldt.