Dead River Michigan Closed under State of Emergency from Floods
posted May 22, 2003
by Jason Robertson
On May 14, excessive rain and normal spring water saturation caused an earthen dike on the Silver Lake reservoir in Marquette County to fail. Water flooded approximately 100 seasonal and several year-round homes along a mostly rural stretch of the Dead River and catch basin, ultimately forcing the evacuation of more than 1,700 residents.
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