About the creek
County: Poweshiek
Nearby towns: Belle Plaine, Brooklyn, Grinnell, Hartwick, Haven, Malcom
Length: 16 miles
Listed on the Iowa's impaired waters list since 2002
Recreational uses: Swimming, fishing, canoeing
About the watershed
Watershed size: 26,223 acres
Land to water ratio: 155:1
Land use in watershed:
- Farmland: 82%
- Pasture: 6.2%
- House/Farmstead/Urban: 3.9%
- Forest: 3.4%
- Road: 2%
- Water: 0.6%
- Wildlife area: 0.1%
- Feedlot area: .07%
- Other: 1.73%
More about the Walnut Creek Watershed Project.
Project partners
For More Information
Local:
Jeremy Saugstad
Walnut Creek Watershed Project Coordinator
(641) 528-2065 ext. 3
Jeremy.Saugstad@ia.nacdnet.net
Poweshiek NRCS
Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Watershed Improvement Program Grants Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov
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