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Home My Public Portal About2023 03-MarchFrom the City of RIVERDALE, Iowa www.riverdaleia.org | 110 Manor Drive | (563) 355-2511 | deputyclerk@riverdaleia.org | March 2023 6– RFD Training 6:30p 12– Daylight Savings Time Begins 13– RFD Training 6:30p 14– City Council Meeting 7p 17– St. Patrick’s Day 19– Mayor’s Town Hall 2p 20– RFD Training 6:30p 27– RFD Training 6:30p 28– City Council Meeting 7p *All events located at City Hall Happy St Patrick’s Day from your Riverdale staff! Upcoming Event: Riverdale’s Easter Egg hunt will be held on Saturday, April 1st at Peggy’s Park. 2pm. Annual St Patrick’s Society Grand Parade Saturday March 18 @ 11:30a There are a lot of exciting activities around the Quad Cities in March! Scan this QR code to go to the visitquadcities.com calendar of events! ———> Residents, meet “Sweeping Beauty”: We recently conducted a poll on Facebook to help us name our street sweeper! “Sweeping Beauty” had a narrow win over “Sweep Caroline”. Recently, Brian Ballard took advantage of our Spring-like weather and took Sweeping Beauty out for her inaugural run! Mayor’s Monthly Question: City Hall has now been fully staffed for 3 months! Do you have any feed- back on City services over the past 3 months? And, are there any critical tasks we should be focusing on that currently aren’t being addressed? Send your responses to: mayor@riverdaleia.org Having been in business since 1902, Boyler’s Ornamental Iron has made their home in Riverdale since 1975! Boyler’s produces some of the best quality metalwork in the Quad Cities and surrounding areas. From gates, fences, and railings, to restorations and stairways, they can do it all! Boyler’s has always been a family business. Started by Frank Boyler, the first business was a blacksmith shop in East Davenport. Frank also opened The Old Fashioned Inn Tavern which was located next to the original shop. Richard Boyler then took over in 1949 and eventually moved the business to Riverdale! Richard is also credited with the shift into primarily focusing on ornamental iron. The 3rd generation (Bruce, Mike, and Doug) has recently retired and the business is now being led by 4th generation, Stephen Boyler! One of the projects the 3 brothers are most proud of is fabricating bronze gates for a Frank Lloyd Wright restoration in Mason City, Iowa (shown to the right). They were able to actually use one of Frank Lloyd Wright ’s origi- nal architectural drawings to create their fabrications! Boyler’s received the Mitch Heitler Award for Excellence — the industry's highest award for craftsmanship. The project features no welds; they used methods of fabrica- tion and joinery that were true to the original time period. (Some information gathered from “Wright on the Park” Facebook page.) You can find Boyler’s Ornamental Iron at 4407 State Street Riverdale, IA 52722! Their website is full of history, services offered, and projects they have worked on. Scan here for more information: Mike, Bruce, Richard, & Doug Boyler Stephen Boyler Railing by Boyler’s The Historic Park Inn Hotel TUESDAY MARCH 7 6-8 PM Interested in Robotics? We could use you! Scan below for more information about our program: We hope to see you there! Situation Report Friday, February 28, 2020 3:11 PM National Weather Service City, State Well Above Normal Risk for Flooding nws.quadcites@noaa.gov weather.gov/dvn facebook.com/NWSQuadCities twitter.com/NWSQuadCities National Weather Service Quad Cities, IA/IL Thursday, February 23, 2023 92%25% •The spring flood risk is well above normal for the Mississippi and near normal for tributary rivers in the NWS Quad Cities Hydrologic Service Area. •The flooding threat is above average for all points along the Mississippi River, and near average on the Iowa, Cedar, Des Moines, Wapsipinicon, Rock, La Moine, Pecatonica, and Fox Rivers. •The rate of the snowmelt, additional snowfall, and heavy spring rains will be the main factors in whether or not spring flooding occurs, and how severe it would be. 2023 Spring Flood Outlook Spring Flood Threat Checklist (as of February 23, 2023) Threat for Flooding Impact to Potential Spring Flooding Link to Image of Information River Levels Neutral to Increased Threat USGS WaterWatch Soil Moisture Neutral CPC Soil Moisture Snowpack/Liquid Content in the Snowpack Mississippi River: Increased Threat IA/IL/MO local rivers: Decreased Threat Snow/Liquid Equivalent Analysis Rate of Snowmelt Mississippi River: Unknown IA/IL/MO local rivers: Decreased Threat 24, 48, & 72 hr Snowmelt Frost Depth Decreased Threat Frost Depth Map Spring Precipitation Increased Threat Mar-May Outlook The National Weather Service urges those with interests in flooding to stay tuned to additional communications going through the spring season. https://www.weather.gov/dvn/2023_springfloodoutlook 2023 Probabilistic Spring Flood Outlook #3 Update: March 9, 2023 Contact the NWS Quad Cities Hydro Team at cr.dvn-hydro@noaa.gov Bottom Line: •Rivers with the highest probability for flooding are watersheds with a deep snowpack and the Mississippi River near. •Chances are highest for Minor flooding to occur this season, where additional spring moisture would be needed for more extreme flooding to occur. •Snowmelt will be primary driver for spring flooding, with spring precipitation being a high contributor. •Soils have capacity for moisture once the ground thaws to reduce runoff. •The rate of snowmelt will be essential to the occurrence of flooding. 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