Pine Creek (Rush Creek tributary)

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Pine Creek
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Section of Pine Creek
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main section of Pine Creek showing tributaries
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Mouth of Pine Creek
Location
Countries United States
StatesMinnesota
Counties Winona, Fillmore
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location St. Charles Township, Winona County, Minnesota
 • coordinates 43°56′40″N91°54′18″W / 43.944427925898594°N 91.9049168509712°W / 43.944427925898594; -91.9049168509712
Mouth Rush Creek
 • location
 Rushford, Minnesota
 • coordinates
 43°50′52″N91°47′52″W / 43.8477416°N 91.7976499°W / 43.8477416; -91.7976499 Coordinates: 43°50′52″N91°47′52″W / 43.8477416°N 91.7976499°W / 43.8477416; -91.7976499
Basin features
River system Root River
Tributaries 
 • leftHemminingway Creek, Coolrdige Creek
BridgesSchool Section Road and Rt. 25 bridges

Pine Creek is a stream in Fillmore and Winona counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1] It is a tributary of the Rush Creek, which is a tributary of the Root River. It joins the Rush Creek in the extreme north of Rushford, Minnesota. Tributaries of Pine Creek are Cooledge Creek and Hemmingway Creek. [2] [1]

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Habitat

Pine Creek meanders through rural farmland in southern Winona and northern Filmore Counties. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural resources, the species of fish present include brown trout, brook trout, white sucker, northern hog sucker, creek chub, longnose dace, blacknose dace, fantail darter, slimy sculpin, mottled sculpin, and brook stickleback. [3] [4]

Rush Creek suffered severe flooding in the Southeast Minnesota floods of August 18–20, 2007. [5] The fish habitat and floodplain in sections of Pine Creek were restored in 2015 by the Minnesota Trout Unlimited. [6] [7] [8]

Extents

The Pine Creek source is located in St. Charles Township, just below Interstate 90. It meanders south to Fillmore County before heading north where it runs east in Winona County along Winona County Road 2 and meets up with the Rush Creek in Winona County north of Rushford, Minnesota. [1]

A bridge was built over Pine Creek on School Section Road in 2002. [9]

Note: There are two Pine Creeks in Winona County. This Pine Creek is west of State Highway 43. It is sometimes called Fillmore County Pine Creek.The other Pine Creek (Mississippi River tributary) is in the east end of Winona County and Houston County. [7]

Tributaries

Coolridge Creek, Winona County, Minnesota Coolridge Creek.jpg
Coolridge Creek, Winona County, Minnesota

There are two small tributaries of Pine Creek, Coolridge Creek with a length of 1.23 miles and Hemingway Creek with a length of 2.19 miles. Brown trout, brook trout, creek chub, blacknose dace, longnose dace, central stoneroller, slimy sculpin, white sucker, and brook stickleback are present in both tributaries. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conducted a study using Coolridge and Hemingway Creeks to investigate the effects of brown trout on native brook trout. Brown trout were kept out of Coolridge Creek and the natural migration of brown trout from Pine Creek to Hemingway Creek was allowed to continue during the experiment. An increase in growth rate and survival was noted in Coolridge Creek but the mature size of the brook trout was not appreciably different from the Hemingway Creek where brown trout were allowed. [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Creek (Rush Creek tributary)
  2. ↑ "Trout Streams of Southeast Minnesota". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Winona County". Minnesota DNR. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pine Creek". DNR. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ "44 photos: A look back at deadly 2007 flooding in the La Crosse and Winona areas". LaCross Tribune. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fish habitat and floodplain restoration of a Minnesota trout stream". Barr Engineering. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Reisetter, Mark. "Fishing Pine Creek". Minnesota Trout Unlimited. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pine Creek Easements" (PDF). National Trout Center. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  9. ↑ "SCHOOL SECTION RD over Pine Creek". Bridge Reports. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Southeast Minnesota Map Number 5" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Natural Resources . 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  11. ↑ Hoxmeier, John; Dieterman, Douglas (October 1, 2016). "Long-term population of native brook trout following manipulative reduction of an invader". Biological Invasions. 18. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Brook Trout History, Natural History and the Genetics of Minnesota's Native Trout in SE MN" (PDF). Minnesota Trout Unlimited Newsletter. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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