Wells Creek (Minnesota)
Wells Creek | |
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![]() ![]() Mouth of Wells Creek | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Goodhue, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 44°23′03″N 92°34′10″W / 44.3841334°N 92.5693558°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Frontenac, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 44°30′56″N 92°19′6″W / 44.51556°N 92.31833°WCoordinates: 44°30′56″N 92°19′6″W / 44.51556°N 92.31833°W |
Length | 27.6 miles |
Basin features | |
River system | Mississippi River |
Wells Creek is a 27.6-mile-long (44.4 km)[1] tributary of the Mississippi River in Wabasha and Goodhue counties in Minnesota, United States.[2] It enters the Mississippi at Old Frontenac.[3]
Wells Creek was named for James "Bully" Wells, an early settler.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 4, 2012
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wells Creek (Minnesota)
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wells Creek
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 210.
External links[]
- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)
Categories:
- Rivers of Minnesota
- Tributaries of the Mississippi River
- Rivers of Wabasha County, Minnesota
- Rivers of Goodhue County, Minnesota
- Southeast Minnesota geography stubs
- Minnesota river stubs