Floyd River

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The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River flowing through northwestern Iowa, known for its agricultural watershed and history of flooding.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Floyd River canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinSize approximately 886 square miles ⓘ
confluenceLocation Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crosses northwestern Iowa ⓘ
drainageBasinUse livestock production ⓘ
row-crop agriculture ⓘ
flowsInto Missouri River ⓘ
flowsThrough Plymouth County, Iowa ⓘ
Sioux County, Iowa ⓘ
Woodbury County, Iowa ⓘ
hasFloodControlStructure levees near Sioux City ⓘ
hasFloodEvent significant flooding in Sioux City area ⓘ
hasRecreation boating in some reaches ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hasTributary East Branch Floyd River ⓘ
West Branch Floyd River ⓘ
knownFor agricultural watershed ⓘ
history of flooding ⓘ
length approximately 112 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Iowa ⓘ
northwestern Iowa ⓘ
mouthElevation about 1,070 feet ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ
Woodbury County, Iowa ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Floyd ⓘ
Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ⓘ
partOf Missouri River watershed ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
riverMouth Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ
riverSystem Missouri River basin ⓘ
sourceElevation about 1,600 feet ⓘ
sourceLocation northern Sioux County, Iowa ⓘ
linked to: Sioux County, Iowa
state Iowa ⓘ
tributaryOf Missouri River ⓘ
waterQualityConcern nutrient runoff ⓘ
sediment load ⓘ
watershedLandUse predominantly agricultural ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

northwestern Iowa → contains → Floyd River ⓘ
Le Mars, Iowa → locatedOn → Floyd River ⓘ
Sioux City metropolitan area → river → Floyd River ⓘ
Merrill → locatedOn → Floyd River ⓘ
Merrill → hasWatercourse → Floyd River ⓘ
Merrill → hasRiver → Floyd River ⓘ
Le Mars → locatedOnRiver → Floyd River ⓘ