Is this an east-west road looking east? It looks like an older gravel road, probably last rebuilt in the 1930's?
The snow in the road could well be new snow that blew in after the the road was cleared. There are trees and thick brush right up to the road ditch on the near right hand side of the picture. That brush would make a great wind break and snow fence if it was 200 to 400 feet away from the road. Being that close to the road, I would expect deep snow drifts to be deposited on that spot of road any time you have high winds from any direction, or lighter winds blowing from from the right hand side. On windy days spots like that may need to be plowed out several times a day.
Is there enough room along side that road to wing out the banks? The second knoll on the left hand side has grass or branches sticking out of it. Is that a cut bank or heavy brush that close to the road? If it is, snow will drift in next to banks or heavy brush like that too.
1978 was 35 years ago. The trees and brush along that road were probably a lot smaller then, and the wind may have been blowing from another direction.
In the 1950's, some counties in western Iowa started rebuilding their north south gravel roads to reduce snow drift problems. Cut banks were knocked down and brush was cleared from the road sides. It helped. Many of the east west gravel roads were low traffic and lower priority, so they were left as-is. They can be closed for part of winters like this one.
Your tax money might be better spent rebuilding that road once rather than plowing it out daily. Good luck.
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