Great Sioux City Flood of 1892
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The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2558953 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 Context triple: [Sioux City, Iowa, hasHistoricEvent, Great Sioux City Flood of 1892]
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A.
Missoula floods
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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B.
Great Flood of 1879
The Great Flood of 1879 was a catastrophic inundation of the city of Szeged in Hungary that destroyed most of the town and prompted a major reconstruction.
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C.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
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D.
Great Midwest Fires of 1871
The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
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E.
Peshtigo Fire
The Peshtigo Fire was a catastrophic 1871 forest fire in Wisconsin that remains the deadliest wildfire in United States history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 Target entity description: The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
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A.
Missoula floods
The Missoula floods were a series of cataclysmic Ice Age glacial outburst floods that repeatedly swept across the Pacific Northwest, dramatically reshaping the landscape of what is now Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
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B.
Great Flood of 1879
The Great Flood of 1879 was a catastrophic inundation of the city of Szeged in Hungary that destroyed most of the town and prompted a major reconstruction.
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C.
1997 Red River flood
The 1997 Red River flood was a catastrophic spring flood along the Red River of the North that devastated communities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, causing widespread evacuations and extensive property damage.
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D.
Great Midwest Fires of 1871
The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
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E.
Peshtigo Fire
The Peshtigo Fire was a catastrophic 1871 forest fire in Wisconsin that remains the deadliest wildfire in United States history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
low-lying neighborhoods of Sioux City
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riverfront districts of Sioux City ⓘ |
| cause | flooding of the Missouri River ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | devastating flood ⓘ |
| effect |
inundation of parts of Sioux City
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loss of life ⓘ widespread destruction in Sioux City ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
Sioux City, Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Sioux City
|
| historicalSignificance | one of the notable 19th-century floods affecting Sioux City ⓘ |
| impact |
damage to buildings and infrastructure in Sioux City
ⓘ
displacement of residents in Sioux City ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Woodbury County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| location | Sioux City, Iowa ⓘ |
| naturalHazardType | river flood ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Sioux City, Iowa
ⓘ
history of flooding along the Missouri River ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1892 ⓘ |
| river | Missouri River ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Missouri River floodplain near Sioux City ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 Description of subject: The Great Sioux City Flood of 1892 was a devastating late-19th-century flood that inundated Sioux City, Iowa, causing widespread destruction and loss of life along the Missouri River.
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