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Lyon County Clean Water Demonstration Project

Lyon County: Basic Facts

  • Big Sioux River
  • Mud Creek

    • Location

    • County: Lyon
    • Nearby communities: Inwood, Larchwood, Doon, Lester, Alvord

    About the Big Sioux River watershed

    About the Mud Creek watershed

    • Watershed size: 82,400 acres
    • Land use:
      • Row crop: 86.71%
      • Grass: 12.6%
      • Forest: 0.83%
      • Barren: 0.22%
      • Artificial: 0.09%
      • Water: 0.01%

    For More Information
    Local:
    Steve Anderson
    Project Coordinator
    (712) 472-3774
    Steven.j.Anderson@ia.usda.gov
    Lyon County NRCS Office

    Statewide:
    Steve Hopkins
    DNR Watershed Improvement Program Grants Coordinator
    (515) 281-6402
    Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov

     

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