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Hawk Creek is a 62.0-mile-long (99.8 km)[1] tributary of the Minnesota River in Kandiyohi, Chippewa, and Renville counties, Minnesota, United States. It begins at the outlet of Foot Lake in Willmar and flows southwest, passing the cities of Raymond, Clara City, and Maynard. Turning south, it reaches the Minnesota River 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Granite Falls.

Hawk Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMinnesota

One of Hawk Creek's tributaries is called the Chetamba Creek/River between Maynard, Sacred Heart, and Granite Falls.[2]

"Hawk Creek" is an English translation of the native Sioux language name.[3]


See also



References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
  2. National Bridge Inventory data, accessed August 20, 2022
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 106.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hawk Creek





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