Clayton County Flooding May 31, 1958

A locally intense rainfall event beginning about noon produced incredible runoff on several small streams near Garber in southern Clayton county, IA. The streams, draining into the Turkey River, included Wayman Creek and Honey Creek. The closest rain gage report was from Strawberry Point, 14 miles southwest of Garber, where 4.38" fell from noon to 3:00 p.m. Unofficial amounts from Garber were estimated at 6 inches in three hours. Wayman Creek had a measured discharge of 15,500 cfs from a 6.98 mi2 basin, a unit discharge of 2,260 cfs per mi2. This peak flow was estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to be 47% of the Probable Maximum Flood. The limited areal extent of heavy rains prevented any major river flooding.