Cedar Creek, located in southeast

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. Via the Skunk River it is part of the

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watershed. Cedar Creek rises in rural Mahaska County approximately one mile west of the unincorporated community of

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. It passes through Wapello,

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counties, passing by Fairfield before joining the Skunk River near the intersection of

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and Clayton Avenue, about a half mile south of

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Tributaries

* (left) Wolf Creek * (left) Berry Branch * (right) Little Cedar Creek ** (left) Mud Creek * (right) Rock Creek * (right) Summer Creek * (left) Rock Creek ** (left) Jones Branch * (left) Troy Creek * (left) Crow Creek * (left) Mitchell Creek * (left) Church Creek * (right) Grubb Run * (left) Hupp Creek * (right) Bonell Creek * (right) Rock Creek * (left) Competine Creek ** (left) Coon Creek ** (left) Little Competine Creek * (right) Honey Creek * (right) Buckeye Creek * (right) Jordan Creek * (left) Wolf Creek * (right) Little Cedar Creek * (left) Spring Creek ** (left) Spring Branch

References

{{authority control Rivers of Iowa Rivers of Henry County, Iowa Rivers of Jefferson County, Iowa Rivers of Mahaska County, Iowa Rivers of Van Buren County, Iowa Rivers of Wapello County, Iowa

Tributaries

See also

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