Cloie Branch
Cloie Creek
Cloie Branch (the red dot indicates the confluence between the creek and the Little Maquoketa River) (USGS)
Location
CountryUS
StateIowa
DistrictDubuque County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates42°30′25″N 90°46′09″W / 42.5069°N 90.7693°W / 42.5069; -90.7693
MouthLittle Maquoketa River
  coordinates
42°33′15″N 90°44′46″W / 42.5541°N 90.7462°W / 42.5541; -90.7462
  elevation
617 ft (188 m)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cloie Branch

Cloie Branch[1] (sometimes referred to as Cloie Creek[2]) is a 5.4-mile-long (8.7 km)[3] tributary of the Little Maquoketa River, rising in the northern part of the city of Asbury, in Dubuque County, Iowa.

Burgeoning suburban development in the city of Asbury has encroached the upper reaches of the system. The northern end of the system is rural. Asbury's sewer outfall drains into the creek and mechanical failures have in the past lead to the discharge of only partially treated sewage.

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cloie Branch
  2. Iowa Water Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 5 April 2007)
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011



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