APPENDIX K

WATERWAYS AND WATER BODIES
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Appendix J

Chicago to Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study Appendix K, Waterways and Water Bodies

Tier 1 Service Level EIS 1 October 2012

Table 1. Major Perennial Waterways

State River/Stream Name County

Illinois South Branch Chicago River

(Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal) Cook

Illinois Des Plaines River Cook

Illinois Salt Creek Cook

Illinois Saint Joseph Creek DuPage

Illinois East Branch Du Page River DuPage

Illinois West Branch Du Page River DuPage

Illinois Fox River a Kane

Illinois Blackberry Creek Kendall

Illinois Rob Roy Creek Kendall

Illinois Big Rock Creek Kendall

Illinois Little Rock Creek Kendall

Illinois Somonauk Creek DeKalb

Illinois Little Indian Creek La Salle

Illinois (Big) Indian Creek a La Salle

Illinois Sutphens Run La Salle

Illinois Little Vermilion River La Salle

Illinois Mendota Creek La Salle

Illinois Brush Creek Bureau

Illinois Epperson Run Bureau

Illinois Big Bureau Creek a Bureau

Illinois West Bureau Creek Bureau 

Illinois Hennepin Canal Bureau & Henry

Illinois Pond Creek Bureau

Illinois Coal Creek Bureau

Illinois Lawson Creek Bureau

Illinois Mud Creek Henry

Illinois Spring Creek Henry

Illinois Geneseo Creek Henry

Illinois Green River Henry

Illinois Rock River Rock Island & Henry

Illinois & Iowa Mississippi River Rock Island & Scott

Iowa Duck Creek Scott

Iowa Mud Creek Muscatine & Cedar

Iowa Big Elkhorn Creek Cedar

Iowa Little Elkhorn Creek Muscatine

Iowa Sugar Creek Muscatine

Iowa Cedar River a b Muscatine

Iowa Wapsinonoc Creek Muscatine & Cedar

Iowa West Branch Wapsinonoc Creek Muscatine & Cedar

Iowa Ralston Creek Johnson

Iowa Iowa River b Johnson & Iowa

Iowa Clear Creek Johnson

Iowa Rhine Creek Johnson

Iowa Big Bear Creek Iowa & Poweshiek

Iowa Little Bear Creek Poweshiek

Iowa Sugar Creek Jasper

Iowa Turner Creek Jasper

Iowa Rock Creek Jasper
Appendix K

Waterways and Water Bodies Chicago to Council Bluffs-Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System Planning Study

October 2012 2 Tier 1 Service Level EIS

State River/Stream Name County

Iowa Coon Creek Jasper

Iowa North Skunk River Jasper

Iowa Cherry Creek Jasper

Iowa South Skunk River Jasper

Iowa Severs Creek Jasper

Iowa Squaw Creek Jasper

Iowa Mud Creek Polk

Iowa Fourmile Creek Polk

Iowa Des Moines River b Polk

Iowa Raccoon River b Polk

Iowa Walnut Creek Polk

Iowa Sugar Creek Dallas

Iowa Johnson Creek Dallas

Iowa South Raccoon River Dallas

Iowa Bulger Creek Dallas & Madison

Iowa Middle River Guthrie

Iowa South Fork Middle River Guthrie

Iowa Turkey Creek Adair & Cass

Iowa East Nishnabotna River Cass

Iowa Buck Creek Cass

Iowa Indian Creek Cass

Iowa Graybill Creek Pottawattamie

Iowa West Nishnabotna River Pottawattamie

Iowa Silver Creek Pottawattamie

Iowa Middle Silver Creek Pottawattamie

Iowa Keg Creek Pottawattamie

Iowa Mosquito Creek Pottawattamie

Iowa & Nebraska Missouri River Pottawattamie & Douglas

Nebraska Little Papillion Creek Douglas

Nebraska Big Papillion Creek Douglas

Nebraska Hell Creek Douglas

Source: Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) hydrography data and USGS National 

Hydrography Dataset (NHD)

Notes:

a Listed on the “Nationwide Rivers Inventory” by the National Park Service. b Designated as a “Meandered Sovereign River” by the Iowa DNR.