Catfish Creek (Iowa)

Catfish Creek is a 21.2-mile-long (34.1 km)[1] tributary of the upper Mississippi River in northeastern Iowa. It rises southwest of Dubuque, just southeast of Peosta. The Middle Fork rises west of Dubuque and flows under and then parallel to U.S. Route 20; the former Illinois Central Railroad, now the Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad has its mainline in it. The remaining forks of the creek are all south of U.S. Route 52. Swiss Valley Park, maintained by Dubuque County, is along the main fork of the creek, which is a designated trout stream through the park. In recent years, people have been trying to stop the erosion in this relatively flat way out of the Gorge of the Upper Mississippi. The North Fork of the creek has been proposed for a trail/park.

Catfish Creek (Iowa)
Location
CountryUS
StateIowa
DistrictDubuque County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates42.4244°N 90.8099°W / 42.4244; -90.8099
MouthMississippi River
 • coordinates
42.4681°N 90.6448°W / 42.4681; -90.6448
 • elevation
600 ft (180 m)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Catfish Creek (Iowa)

See also

Sources
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 13, 2011



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