Harker Creek (Wisconsin)
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Harker Creek is a
stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
located in Iowa County,
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. The upper end of the creek is approximately west-northwest of the
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, Dodgeville. The creek flows roughly north-south, and is approximately in total length. It drains into Flint Creek at its northern end at 248 m (814 ft) above sea level. The lower portion of the creek is paralleled by Mount Hope Road and Berg Road. Lee Creek drains into Harker Creek at 255 m (838 ft) elevation. The upper portion of Harker Creek is surrounded by steep hills that extend as high as 30 m (100 ft) above the creek. At its highest point, the creek is at approximately 390 m (1280 ft) elevation. The southernmost reentrants of the creek are within 400 m (1300 ft) of
U.S. Route 18 U.S. Route 18 (US 18) is an east–west U.S. highway in the Midwestern United States. The western terminus is in Orin, Wyoming at an interchange with Interstate 25. Its eastern terminus is in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, US 18 run ...
.


References

*Water Action Volunteers (2003).
Citizen Stream Monitoring Data Summary
Retrieved Aug. 15, 2006.


External links


Harker Creek water conditions
- Water Action Volunteers Citizen Monitoring Database Rivers of Iowa County, Wisconsin Rivers of Wisconsin {{IowaCountyWI-geo-stub