- Waterloo Creek (Upper Iowa River)
Waterloo Creek is a tributary of the
Upper Iowa River with a watershed covering 48.3 square miles. It rises in Houston CountyMinnesota southwest of the city of Spring Grove, flowing generally in a southeasterly direction, crossing into Waterloo Township in Allamakee County,Iowa , where it 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 virtual ghost town ofDorchester, 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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* [http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:y_Kfk07lOHIJ:www.northeastiowarcd.org/uirw/files/Appendix%2520J%2520GIS%2520Analysis%2520of%2520the%2520UIRW.pdf+%22Waterloo+Creek%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=74&gl=us Upper Iowa River statistics] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/enviro.control?p_list_id=ILJH02%20_JHE-C1 Environmental Protection Agency] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://www.iowadnr.com/fish/fishing/trout/waterloo.html Iowa Department of Natural Resources] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://www.tu.org/site/pp.asp?c=7dJEKTNuFmG&b=1595051 Trout Unlimited] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Waterloo-Allamakee-IA.html Waterloo Township (excellent maps)] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://abstusa.com/ia/dorchester Dorchester, Iowa] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://www.uppermidwestflyfishing.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/4051/cat/all/date/1173139394 Upper Midwest Flyfishing] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://www.sysplan.dot.state.ia.us/sysplanapps/b1123010/structureResults.asp?segseq=675&countyNumber=3&route=76&nextseq=10000 Iowa Department of Transportation] (retrieved 31 March 2007)
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=43.4303&lon=-91.5203&datum=nad27&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=50 TopoQuest topographic map] (retrieved 5 July 2008)
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