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Rapid IA

Drainage at Put-in: 35.2 square miles

Soldiers Creek - Fort Dodge - park to mouth (1 mile) (IA)

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Gauge Conditions

Des Moines River at Fort Dodge, IA Downstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

With a drainage area at put-in of 35.2 square miles, this is a fairly small watershed. It will take a good amount of rain (and/or snowmelt) to bring it to runnable flows, and the window of opportunity will often be hours, not days or weeks.