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Via the Minnesota River, the Blue Earth River is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 3,486 square miles (9,030 km 2) in an agricultural region. Ninety percent of the river's watershed is in Minnesota. [6] It is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated Water Trail.
Black Hawk Lake is a natural glacially-formed lake measuring 957 acres (3.87 km 2) in area in Sac County, Iowa, at the eastern edge of the city of Lake View, Iowa in Viola and Wall Lake Townships. It exits through the oddly named "Ditch No. 57" to Indian Creek , a tributary of the North Raccoon River .
The State of Iowa acquired the property for the park in several parcels through the efforts of Dr. E.E. Speaker of Lake View, who also served on the State Board of Conservation. [4] The parcels included a former gravel quarry, a 30-acre (12 ha) farm on the southeast side of the lake, and the 30-acre (12 ha) Denison Beach.
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Water levels peaked Monday at 34,800 cubic feet per second, and Blue Earth County officials issued an imminent threat warning. Those figures make this flood the second largest in the dam’s history.
The Big Sioux River reached nearly 41 feet (12 meters) in Hawarden, Iowa, on Saturday and nearly 45 feet (14 meters) in Sioux City, Iowa, on Monday, exceeding previous highs by 5 to 7 feet (1.5 to ...
Little Turkey River (Clayton County, Iowa) Volga River; Little Turkey River (Fayette County, Iowa) Yellow River. Bear Creek; Norfolk Creek; Upper Iowa River. French Creek; Bear Creek. Waterloo Creek; Canoe Creek. Pine Creek (Canoe Creek) Trout River; Pine Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary) Minnesota River (MN) Blue Earth River. Middle Branch ...
The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office said the river has cut around the sides of the dam and debris has been accumulating in the water. It announced the "imminent failure condition" status and ...