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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 400 km (250 mi) long, rising in central Iowa and flowing generally southeast to the Mississippi River.
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Examples
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In Colfax, about 200 homes remained vacant as residents waited for the Skunk River to fall.
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Comment: Mahaska Co. IA 92 is closed to traffic from IA 371 to Mahaska County Road V13 due to flooding of the Skunk River.
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I-80 CONCERNS: The Iowa DOT is keeping a close eye on the Skunk River near Colfax and waiting to see if it will spill onto I-80
Channel 13 Sports 2010
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Downriver from Ames, the town of Colfax was nearly cut off by the rising Skunk River.
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RISING RIVER: Colfax residents say flooding is already worse than '93 and the Skunk River is still rising
Channel 13 Sports 2010
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Colfax flooded in 1993, when the Skunk River reached a record of over 21.5 feet, more than
WBAY Action 2 News 2010
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Several hundred people were evacuated from their homes in Ames early Wednesday and sandbagging was under way, after 3 to 5 inches of rain pushed Squaw Creek and Skunk River to break their banks in the city 30 miles north of Des Moines, Fire Chief Clint Petersen said.
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Downriver from Ames, the town of Colfax was nearly cut off by the rising Skunk River.
WBAY Action 2 News 2010
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Colfax flooded in 1993, when the Skunk River reached a record of over 21.5 feet, more than
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Several hundred people were evacuated from their homes in Ames early Wednesday and sandbagging was under way, after 3 to 5 inches of rain pushed Squaw Creek and Skunk River to break their banks in the city 30 miles north of Des Moines, Fire Chief Clint Petersen said.
WBAY Action 2 News 2010
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