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Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed

Updated April 11, 2005

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area in the Iowa portion of the Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed is 984,086 acres. This watershed is located in a small area of southeast Minnesota and in the Iowa counties of Mitchell, Howard, Floyd, Chickasaw, Bremer, Fayette, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn and Jones in northeast Iowa.

The third Resource concern for Tier II in this watershed is Wildlife Habitat.

The following documents require Acrobat Reader or Microsoft Excel.

Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed Preliminary Checklist (PDF, 61 KB)
Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed Cost List (XLS, 40 KB)
Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed CSP Stewardship Payments (XLS, 25 KB)

Land Cover/Use (Iowa)

Land Use

Total Acres

Cropland

710,710

Pasture

166,589

Forest

68,805

Developed

27,260

Water

3,209

Total

984,086

Map of Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed

Map of Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed
Click on the map for a larger version. (PDF)

Iowa County Maps from Upper Wapsipinicon Watershed

For General and Application Information, visit our CSP home page.

Program Contacts

Tom O'Connor
Resource Conservationist
Phone: 515-284-4353
Email: tom.oconnor@ia.usda.gov

 

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