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Hawk Creek Watershed Project
Watershed Facts
Did you Know!
· The Hawk Creek Watershed drains 624,424 acres of land. That’s 974.1 square miles!
· Approximately 98% of the original wetlands in the watershed have been drained.
· The Hawk Creek begins in Eagle Lake and flows 65 miles to the Minnesota River.
· 34 miles of Hawk Creek and 26 miles of Chetomba Creek were channelized in the 1960’s.
· Chetomba Creek in the Dakota language is Ċhetá mdė, which is translated into Hawk Creek.
· Over 87% of the landscape is agricultural, including corn, soybeans, sugar beets and small grains.
· Renville and Chippewa Counties have granite rock outcrops, along the Minnesota River Valley. These rock outcrops hold many unique and rare plants and animals.
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