White Breast Creek

White Breast Creek
Mouth of White Breast Creek (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
Location
CountryUS
StateIowa
DistrictMarion County, Iowa, Clarke County, Iowa, Lucas County, Iowa, Warren County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates41°01′45″N 93°53′33″W / 41.02917°N 93.89250°W / 41.02917; -93.89250
MouthDes Moines River
 • coordinates
41°23′43″N 93°02′19″W / 41.39528°N 93.03861°W / 41.39528; -93.03861
 • elevation
742 ft (226 m)
Discharge 
 • locationDallas, Iowa
 • average243 cu/ft. per sec.[1]
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White Breast Creek is an important tributary of the Des Moines River in Iowa. It flows 91.3 miles (146.9 km)[3] from southwest to northeast, rising in Ward Township in Union County, west of Osceola, and flowing in an easterly then a northeasterly direction, to its mouth with the Des Moines River at Lake Red Rock.

  1. ^ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 05487980 White Breast Creek near Dallas, IA".
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Breast Creek
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 26, 2011