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Des Moines County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,910. The county seat and largest city is Burlington. It is one of Iowa's two original counties along with Dubuque County; both were organized by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1834.
Bloody Run is a creek tributary to the East Fork Des Moines River. It flows through Humboldt County, Iowa. It enters the East Fork Des Moines north of Humboldt, Iowa.
Beaver Creek is a tributary of the Des Moines River that rises at the northern border of Boone County in the U.S. state of Iowa, and then flows generally south and southeast through western Boone County, northeastern Dallas County, and finally northwestern Polk County before flowing into the Des Moines River approximately a mile south of the Saylorville Reservoir in Polk County. In total, the main channel is approximately 77 miles (124 km) in length, and the watershed drains approximately 380 square miles (980 km2).
The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company, and often referred to as Pitt-Des Moines Steel or PDM was an American steel fabrication company. It operated from 1892 until approximately 2002 when its assets were sold to other companies, including Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. The company began as a builder of steel water tanks and bridges. It also later fabricated the "forked" columns for the World Trade Center in the 1960s, and was the steel fabricator and erector for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Honey Creek Township is a township in Iowa County, Iowa, USA. It is named after the Honey Creek, a tributary of the Iowa River, which flows through it in a northwesterly direction.
Short Creek is a stream in Louisa and Des Moines counties, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Iowa River.
Deer Creek is a stream in Webster and Humboldt counties, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Des Moines River.
Indian Creek is a stream in Humboldt County, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Des Moines River.
Badger Creek is a creek in Madison, Webster and Humboldt counties, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Des Moines River.
Plum Creek is a stream in Kossuth and Hancock counties, in the U.S. state of Hancock County, Iowa. It is a tributary of the east fork of the Des Moines River.
Fourmile Creek is a tributary stream of the Des Moines River that flows through Polk, Story and Boone counties, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Its watershed is the largest in Polk County and covers 76,600 acres (310 km2) of which includes the cities and towns of Alleman, Altoona, Ankeny, Bondurant, Des Moines, Elkhart, Sheldahl, and Pleasant Hill. Fourmile Creek was so named from the fact a road crossing over it was 4 miles (6.4 km) from Des Moines.
Walnut Creek is a stream in Polk and Dallas counties, in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a tributary of the Raccoon River.
Bluff Creek may refer to:
Cedar Creek is a stream in Clark County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Des Moines River.
Big Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a tributary to the Des Moines River.
Honey Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a tributary to the Des Moines River.
Bear Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a tributary to the Des Moines River.
Preston Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is a tributary to the Des Moines River.
Soap Creek is a stream in Monroe, Appanoose, Davis and Wapello counties of Iowa. It is a tributary of the Des Moines River.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bluff Creek (Des Moines River tributary)
- ↑ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 86.