Perry Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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accessed March 30, 2011 tributary of the
Missouri River in the state of
Iowa
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. It rises in central
Plymouth County and flows generally to the south-by-southwest, crossing the
Woodbury County line at the city limits of
Sioux City
Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...
, north of
Briar Cliff University
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History
In March 1929, Mother Mary Dominica Wieneke, Major Superior of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Dubuque, Iowa, along with the Most Rev. Edmond Heelan, Bishop ...
and the Sioux City Country Club. At Sixth Street, the creek enters a conduit near , which then takes the flow underground to its mouth at the Missouri on the western edge of the downtown riverfront area. Perry Creek courses through residential neighborhoods, and has been plagued by past flooding; it has recently been at the center of a major
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flood control
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project.
See also
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List of rivers of Iowa
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*those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa;
*ordered by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger rive ...
References
External links
Perry Creek Flood Control
Rivers of Iowa
Rivers of Plymouth County, Iowa
Rivers of Woodbury County, Iowa
Tributaries of the Missouri River
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