Water Quality Survey of the Lizard Creek prepared for the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality by the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory, 1978

(1978) Water Quality Survey of the Lizard Creek prepared for the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality by the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory, 1978. University of Iowa

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Abstract

Lizard Creek originates in northwest Pocahontas County, flows southeasterly for approximately seventy-three kilometers (forty-five miles) before joining with the Des Moines River near Fort Dodge. Total drainage area for the Lizard Creek Basin is 1,130 square kilometers (437 square miles) and major tributaries include the north and south branches of Lizard Creek. Lizard Creek is classified as a class B warmwater stream from its mouth to its confluence with the North Branch Lizard Creek. The South Branch of Lizard is also classified as a class B warmwater stream from its mouth to Pocahontas County Road N-65. The appropriate Iowa Water Quality Standards for aquatic life propagation apply to each of these stream segments.