Harker Creek is a stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 located in Iowa County

Iowa County, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, USA

United States

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. The upper end of the creek is approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) west-northwest of the county seat

County seat

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, Dodgeville

Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Dodgeville is the most populous city and county seat of Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,698 at the 2010 census, making it the 9th largest city within the Madison metropolitan area. The Greater Dodgeville Area however had a population of 6,529...

. The creek flows roughly north-south, and is approximately 7.5 km (4.7 mi) in total length. It drains into Flint Creek at its northern end at 248 m (814 ft) above sea level. The lower portion of the creek is paralleled by Mount Hope Road and Berg Road. Lee Creek drains into Harker Creek at 255 m (838 ft) elevation. The upper portion of Harker Creek is surrounded by steep hills that extend as high as 30 m (100 ft) above the creek. At its highest point, the creek is at approximately 390 m (1280 ft) elevation. The southernmost reentrant

Reentrant

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s of the creek are within 400 m (1300 ft) of U.S. Route 18

U.S. Route 18

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External links

• http://www.uwex.edu/ces/erc/watervol/viewsiteaction.cfm?data=rocky,soft,biotic_index,aia_target,water_temp,mgperl,turbidity,flow,dosat,precip,comments,air_temp,ph,to_char(date_time,%20'hh:mi%20am')%20as%20stime,GPS_LAT_DEGRE,%20GPS_LAT_MINUTE,%20GPS_LAT_SECOND,%20GPS_LONG_DEGREE,%20GPS_LONG_MINUTE,%20GPS_LONG_SECOND,%20GPS_COLLECTION_DATE,weather,bilist,%20bilistvalid&rusty=1&site=78&tdate=&fdate=Harker Creek water conditions] - Water Action Volunteers Citizen Monitoring Database