High Island Creek
High Island Creek is a 69.4-mile-long (111.7 km)[1] tributary of the Minnesota River in Minnesota. It rises as Judicial Ditch No. 11 in eastern Renville County, 6 miles (10 km) south of the city of Hector, and flows east into Sibley County, then McLeod County, then back into Sibley County, where it passes the city of Arlington before entering the Minnesota River 3 miles (5 km) north of Henderson.
| High Island Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Counties | Renville County, Sibley County, McLeod County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Minnesota |
| • elevation | 1,000 ft (300 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Minnesota River 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Henderson |
• elevation | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Length | 69.4 mi (111.7 km) |
| Basin size | None |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Minnesota River |
The creek took its name from High Island Lake, a lake along its course.[2]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 5, 2012
- Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 319.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: High Island Creek
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: High Island Creek
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
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