Hay Creek (Mississippi River tributary)

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Hay Creek
Hay Creek in May 2021
Hay Creek and nearby Spring Creek
Mouth of Hay Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Goodhue
Physical characteristics

Source
• coordinates	44°24′36″N 92°41′37″W / 44.4099661°N 92.6935281°W / 44.4099661; -92.6935281

Mouth
• location	Red Wing, Minnesota
• coordinates	44°34′25″N 92°33′13″W / 44.5735787°N 92.5535244°W / 44.5735787; -92.5535244
Length	25.1 mi (40.4 km)
Basin features
River system	Upper Mississippi River

Hay Creek is a small trout stream in southeastern Minnesota. It has its headwaters west of Goodhue and empties into the Mississippi River just to the north of Red Wing. It runs 25.1 miles (40.4 km). Hay Creek was named for the hay meadows near its banks. A railroad once ran along Hay Creek from the claybanks near Goodhue to the pottery and stoneware factories in Red Wing, which also made use of the water from the creek. The railroad was torn up in 1937, but traces such as trestle pilings remain.

Habitat

Historically, Hay Creek was home to Brook trout and other species, which were depopulated due to farming practices in the late 18th and 19th centuries. In the mid-1970s, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources started focusing on restoring Hay Creek. By 1976, over half of the length of Hay Creek is a Minnesota designated trout stream. Like the Vermillion River, Hay Creek receives extensive fishing pressure due to its proximity to Minneapolis–St. Paul. Minnesota Trout Unlimited has joined the restoration efforts along Hay Creek.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hay Creek
Red Wing, Minnesota, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1994 rev.)
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 4, 2012
Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 207.
Chicago Great Western Railway Co. Safety News, June 30, 1968
"Hay Creek: Restoration Efforts Have Made It A Top-Level Trout Stream". Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance. December 7, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
"MN DNR Trout Streams Map 14" (PDF). MN DNR. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
"Fishing Hay Creek". Minnesota Trout Unlimited. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
Waters, Thomas F. (1977). Streams and Rivers of Minnesota. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press. pp. 249, 264, 265. ISBN 0816609608.

External links

"Trout Habitat Improvements on Hay Creek". CFANS UMN. Archived from the original on 2008-09-30.

v t e Minnesota tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River below St Anthony Falls
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Root River	South Fork Root River Badger Creek South Branch Root River Camp Creek North Branch Root River Middle Branch Root River Rush Creek Pine Creek Coolridge Creek Hemingway Creek
Upper Iowa River (Iowa, Minnesota)	Pine Creek Little Iowa River North Branch Upper Iowa River
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Des Moines River (Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri)	East Fork Des Moines River Heron Lake Outlet Jack Creek Diversion Creek Okabena Creek Lime Creek Beaver Creek
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Other rivers and streams	Crooked Creek North Fork Crooked Creek South Fork Crooked Creek Hay Creek Pine Creek Vermillion River South Branch Vermillion River Wapsipinicon River Wells Creek Winnebago Creek
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See also: List of rivers of Minnesota, North Shore Streams, Wisconsin rivers, Iowa rivers, North Dakota rivers

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