Somonauk Creek is a tributary of the
Fox River, which it joins in the Northville Township part of
Sheridan,
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
, United States. Somonauk Creek is approximately in length,
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed May 13, 2011 and its source is north of
Waterman.
It has been dammed to form Lake Holiday, south of the village of
Somonauk. The lake is the second lake in the
City of Sandwich, with the first, Lake Davis, having been drained in the early 1900s to create usable farmland. The community later needed a lake to replace the one it lost, so in agreement with the Village of Somonauk, the community decided to place a dam on Somonauk Creek to form the new lake. The lake was marketed to the suburbs of Chicago as a recreation spot, with the community later making it a permanent subdivision, with housing located around the whole lake.
Cities, towns and counties
The following cities, towns and villages are within the Somonauk watershed:
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Somonauk
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Waterman
*
Sheridan (Partial)
The following Illinois counties are partly drained by Somonauk Creek:
*
DeKalb DeKalb or De Kalb may refer to:
People
* Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), major general in the American Revolutionary War
Places Municipalities in the United States
* DeKalb, Illinois, the largest city in the United States named DeKalb
**DeKal ...
*
LaSalle
See also
*
List of rivers of Illinois
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois:
By drainage basin
Gulf of Mexico
*Mississippi River
** Ohio River
*** Lusk Creek
*** Saline River
***Wabash River
****Little Wabash River
***** Skillet Fork
***** Elm River
***** Fox River
* ...
References
External links
Prairie Rivers NetworkTopoQuest map of the Mouth of the Somonauk
Rivers of DeKalb County, Illinois
Rivers of LaSalle County, Illinois
Rivers of Illinois
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