Brushy Creek Lake: Basic Facts

Location

• County: Webster
• Nearby communities: Webster City, Duncombe, Fort Dodge

About the lake

• Lake depth: average: 29 ft; maximum: 80 ft.
• Year built: 1998
• Surface area: 690 acres
• Recreational uses: fishing, hunting, camping, boating, swimming; known for bluegill, bass, channel catfish, crappie and muskie fishing

About the watershed

• Watershed size: 57,000 acres
• Watershed to lake ratio: 82 to 1
• Includes 6,500-acre Brushy Creek State Recreation Area
• Land use:
  • 86% cropland
  • 90% of crops in corn-bean rotation
  • 20% of cropland areas have active conservation plans