Cloie Branch[1] (sometimes referred to as Cloie Creek[2]) is a 5.4-mile-long (8.7 km)[3] tributary of the Little Maquoketa River, rising in the northern part of the city of Asbury, in Dubuque County, Iowa.

Cloie Branch Cloie Creek
Cloie Branch (the red dot indicates the confluence between the creek and the Little Maquoketa River) (USGS)
Location
Country	US
State	Iowa
District	Dubuque County, Iowa
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	42.5069°N 90.7693°W / 42.5069; -90.7693
Mouth	Little Maquoketa River
• coordinates	42.5541°N 90.7462°W / 42.5541; -90.7462
• elevation	617 ft (188 m)
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cloie Branch

Burgeoning suburban development in the city of Asbury has encroached the upper reaches of the system. The northern end of the system is rural. Asbury's sewer outfall drains into the creek and mechanical failures have in the past lead to the discharge of only partially treated sewage.

See also

• List of rivers of Iowa

References

• Environmental Protection Agency (retrieved 5 April 2007)
• List of Dubuque County streams (retrieved 5 April 2007)
• Eileen Mozinski, "Riniker: I was not notified of wastewater release", Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph Herald, 5 April 2007, p. 1 (online version, registration required)