150 homes, 13 business in Monticello impacted by flooding

Anamosa escaped most of the flooding problems that caused $4 million in damage in 2008, but other parts of Jones County - in particular, Monticello and Langworthy – did not according to Jones County Emergency Management Coordinator Brenda Leonard.

About 150 homes and 13 businesses in Monticello and six homes in Langworthy were affected by Thursday's flash floods, Leonard said.

The worst flooding was along Kitty Creek, whose watershed south of Monticello received more than eight inches of rain, she said.

Leonard said this morning that she is collecting data for an application for a federal disaster declaration. She said the Wapsipinicon River crested at 18.08 feet in Anamosa at the Shaw Bridge gauge around 9:30 p.m. last night, well below the record 26.18 feet recorded in last June's flood.

Anamosa City Manager Patrick Callahan said the city's waste water treatment plant, which sustained $3 million in damage last June, escaped undamaged.