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Location
- Counties: Polk, Jasper
- Nearby communities: Mitchellville, Runnells
About the creek
- Listed on Iowa's impaired waters list
- Recreational uses: fishing, wading
- Interesting fact: The first white settler in Polk County built an inn along Camp
Creek in what is today Thomas Mitchell Park. He is buried there and the
town of Mitchellville is named after him.
About the watershed
- Watershed size: 26,264 acres
- Land use:
- Row crop: 68%
- Hay/Ungrazed grass 9.3%
- Timber 7.8%
- Pasture 6.5%
- Urban/Roads 3.2%
- Farmstead 1.9%
- Landfill 1.5%
- Water 0.3%
For More Information
Local:
Brandon Dittman
Camp Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(515) 964-4295
Brandon.Dittman@ia.nacdnet.net
Polk County NRCS Office
Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov
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