The Great Flood of 1993 - Portage des Sioux, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 55.431 W 090° 20.498
15S E 730456 N 4311686
Although 20 years ago...this flood did more damage to Missouri than Katrina did to New Orleans...
Waymark Code: WMXTQY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2018
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county of memorial: St. Charles County
Location of memorial: LeSieur St. & Common Field St., Portage des Sioux
Memorial erected: 1995
Memorial text:
DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO CAME TO
OUR AID IN THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1993
"The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 (or "Great Flood of 1993") occurred in the American Midwest, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, [This includes the Illinois River] from April to October 1993. The flood was among the most costly and devastating to ever occur in the United States, with $15 billion in damages. The hydrographic basin affected cover around 745 miles (1,199 km) in length and 435 miles (700 km) in width, totaling about 320,000 square miles (830,000 km2). Within this zone, the flooded area totaled around 30,000 square miles (78,000 km2) and was the worst such U.S. disaster since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, as measured by duration, area inundated, persons displaced, crop and property damage, and number of record river levels. In some categories, the 1993 flood even surpassed the 1927 flood, at the time the largest flood ever recorded on the Mississippi." ~ Wikipedia
Photo spread of the flood at Portage des Sioux as published by the St. Louis Post Dispatch