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Place Name
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Big Creek Lake
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Place Status (Type)
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reservoir
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Location
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Polk County, Iowa (IA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°47'N
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Longitude
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93°43'W
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Big Creek Lake
, reservoir, Polk Co., central Iowa, on Big
Creek, in Big Creek State Park, 1 mi/1.6 km S
of and parallel to Saylorville Reservoir, and
13 mi/21 km NNW of Des Moines;
3 mi/4.8 km long; 41°47'N 93°43'W. Max.
capacity 35,500 acre-ft. Formed by Big Creek Dam
(66 ft/20 m high), built (1972) by the Army
Corps of Engineers for flood control.
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