This article refers to the island located in Waterloo, Iowa. For further uses of the name "Sans Souci", see Sans Souci

Sans Souci

Sans Souci , sometimes spelled Sans-Souci, Sans-souci, SansSouci or Sanssouci, may refer to:-Place names:United States*Sans Souci, Michigan, unincorporated community...

Sans Souci Island is an island in the Cedar River in the city of Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo is a city in and the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population decreased by 0.5% to 68,406. Waterloo is part of the Waterloo – Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the more populous of the two...

. The island has a population of between 40 and 50 residents and is 100 acres (40.5 ha) in size, with most of the land area being woodland. The island was severely affected by the Iowa flood of 2008

Iowa flood of 2008

The Iowa flood of 2008 was a hydrological event involving most of the rivers in eastern Iowa beginning around June 8, 2008 and ending about July 1. Flooding continued on the Upper Mississippi River in the southeastern portion of the state for several more days...

. By June 10, 2008 the island's entire population was forced to evacuate following the breach of a sandbag dike.