The data for Poweshiek County are summarized in this water planning data fact sheet. Poweshiek County is located in east central Iowa between Des Moines and Iowa City.
Service is the principal economic sector, as measured by employee earnings.
The county contains steeply rolling hills and small drainage streams. The population of 19,033 is distributed in 10 incorporated cities and the surrounding rural areas. Interstate Highway 80 and U.S. Highway 6 cross the county from east to west. U.S. Highway 63 and State Highways 21 and 146 cross the county from north to south. This data sheet focuses on water uses that withdraw water from ground and surface water sources.