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Rathbun Lake supplies the water treatment plant of Rathbun Regional Water Association (RRWA) which provides water to nearly 16,000 rural families, farms and communities in Iowa and Missouri. Average production at the plant during 2001 was 4.37 million US gallons (16.5 Ml) per day; however, the annual usage of the RRWA water system is equal to ...
Centerville is located in south-central Iowa at the junction of Iowa Highway 2 and Iowa Highway 5. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.89 square miles (12.67 km 2 ), of which 4.86 square miles (12.59 km 2 ) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2 ) is water.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 516 square miles (1,340 km 2), of which 497 square miles (1,290 km 2) is land and 19 square miles (49 km 2) (3.7%) is water. [5] Rathbun Reservoir, created by damming the Chariton River, is its main physical feature.
APPANOOSE COUNTY, Iowa — The body of a boater who went missing over the weekend was recovered from Rathbun Lake Tuesday night. At around 10:55 a.m. on Monday the Iowa Department of Natural ...
West Okoboji Lake: Protects a natural area on one of the Iowa Great Lakes. Honey Creek State Park: Appanoose County: Moravia: 828 335: Rathbun Lake: Provides outdoor recreation opportunities on the north shore of 11,000-acre (4,500 ha) Rathbun Lake. Honey Creek Resort State Park: Appanoose County: Moravia: 828 335: 2008 [16] Rathbun Lake
An aerial photograph of Rathbun, Iowa, taken on September 25, 2023. Rathbun is located approximately one mile west of the confluence of Walnut Creek and the Chariton River, about two miles south of the Rathbun Dam. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.22 square miles (0.57 km 2), all land. [10]
Elgin opened the first coal mine in the Mystic area in 1857, about 1.5 miles north of Mystic on Little Walnut Creek. The Mystic coal seam was exposed on the surface there, and drifts were opened and abandoned over the next few decades until the hills were honeycombed with mines.
In 1969, the dam was finished by the United States Army Corps of Engineers', creating Rathbun Lake, which helps protect the land around the Chariton River. [1] A fish hatchery was started in 1979, below the dam, with a space of 375 acres which has fish such as walleye and striped bass. The hatchery has a visitor center and an observation ...