Waterloo Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary) explained

Waterloo Creek
Map:Waterloo_Creek_Iowa.gif
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:US
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Iowa
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Allamakee County, Iowa
Source1 Coordinates:43.5005°N -91.5697°W
Mouth:Upper Iowa River
Mouth Coordinates:43.4303°N -91.5204°W
Mouth Elevation:673feet

Waterloo Creek is a 9.7adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Upper Iowa River, with a watershed covering 48.3sqmi. It rises as Bee Creek[1] in Houston County, Minnesota, southwest of the city of Spring Grove, flowing generally in a southeasterly direction, crossing into Waterloo Township in Allamakee County, Iowa, where it becomes Waterloo Creek and takes a generally north–south route to its confluence with Bear Creek, just before entering the Upper Iowa River. Iowa Highway 76 parallels the stream until crossing the river. The town of Dorchester, Iowa is the only settlement alongside it.

The creek is rated as one of the best trout fishing streams in Iowa. In recent years, substantial restoration work on the creek has been accomplished, removing invasive non-native planting and restoring the original meanderings of spring-fed brooks.

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 13, 2011