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A New Iowa as Art Piece – Cautionary Waters

By iowaviewDecember 30, 2024AmericaView, Announcement, Education, Environmental Change, Imagery, Iowa as Art, IowaShots, Landsat, Observation, Remote Sensing#IowaView, Do Justice Exhibit, flooding, imagery, Iowa as Art, Northwest Iowa, Outreach

The piece asks viewers to reflect: when we are planning, do we consider only typical conditions, or does our planning account for extremes, flood or drought as well? Are we willing to allow development in the floodplain and take the loss when the flood comes, or perhaps make a harder choice to not develop there and lose out in the short-term? Also, in cases when we choose to develop in lower elevation areas, what kinds of zoning and development are we allowing in these areas?

Change Over Time – Flooding on the Landscape (NW Iowa)

By iowaviewAugust 24, 2022Education, Environmental Change, Imagery, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Observation, Remote Sensing#Landsat50, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2022, Barringer Slough, Clay County, Des Moines River, drought recovery, Emmetsburg, flooding, Flooding on the Landscape, heavy flooding, Iowa, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Little Sioux River, Lost Island Lake, NW Iowa, Palo Alto, Remote sensing, Spencer, Trumball Lake

Use sliders to compare images. Today’s image shows an area in northwest Iowa between Spencer (Clay County) and Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County). The two images on the left are showing water levels in 1990 (typical year) and 2022 (recovering from a drought) compared to 1993 (heavy flooding) and 2008 (flooding). Notice the swollen streambanks and