page_title: Allamakee County, Iowa
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Allamakee County, Iowa / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map shows soils of private land in Alamakee County Iowa. Note transition from prairie on north into savanna then southward into forest soils.
context_page_description: Allamakee County is the northeastern-most county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,330. Its county seat is Waukon.
context_section_description: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 659 square miles (1,710 km²), of which 639 square miles (1,660 km²) is land and 20 square miles (52 km²) (3.0%) is water. 
  In the northern part of the county is the Upper Iowa River. In the southern part is the Yellow River. The eastern boundary is the Mississippi River. All offer scenic and recreational opportunities, particularly in Yellow River State Forest.
  French Creek flows north of Waukon, outside the city limits. Paint Creek, named after Paint Rock Bluff, flows out of the south of Waukon. Norfolk creek originates in the western outskirts of Waukon and is effluent to the Yellow River. Clear Creek flows into Lansing. Village Creek flows through essentially rural terrain. All are tributary to the Mississippi River.
  The landforms encountered in the county are very unlike those found in most of Iowa, which is mostly absent Glacial Drift. As part of the Driftless Area, the county was ice free during the last ice age, and as one progresses to the Mississippi River, the streams and rivers display high-walled canyons carved of Silurian period bedrock. This Driftless Area also includes parts of Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek, Howard, Dubuque, and Jackson Counties.
caption: Soils of private land in Allamakee County Iowa
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