Crow River, Minnesota

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Crow River
Crow mnrivermap.png
Data
Water code US :  642502
location Minnesota , USA
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
origin The confluence of the North and South Fork Crow Rivers in Hennepin County at Rockford
45 ° 4 ′ 53 ″  N , 93 ° 45 ′ 45 ″  W
muzzle in Wright County , Mississippi Coordinates: 45 ° 14 ′ 45 "  N , 93 ° 31 ′ 21"  W 45 ° 14 ′ 45 "  N , 93 ° 31 ′ 21"  W

length 39.9 km
Crow River at Rockford

Crow River at Rockford

North Fork Crow River
Water code US :  648637
source in Pope County
45 ° 36 ′ 7 ″  N , 95 ° 10 ′ 16 ″  W.

length 253.4 km
Right tributaries Middle Fork Crow River
Middle Fork Crow River
Water code US :  647809
source in Stearns County
45 ° 26 ′ 5 ″  N , 94 ° 59 ′ 11 ″  W.
muzzle in Meeker County in the North Fork
45 ° 15 ′ 9 ″  N , 94 ° 36 ′ 8 ″  W

length 72.6 km
South Fork Crow River
Water code US :  663175
source in Kandiyohi County
45 ° 3 ′ 26 "  N , 94 ° 55 ′ 18"  W

length 186.7 km
Salisbury Bridge at Kingston

Salisbury Bridge at Kingston

The Crow River in Minnesota , northwest of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area , is a right tributary of the Mississippi River .

course

Most of the entire course consists of 3 arms.

  • The Middle Fork Crow River is 45 miles long. It comes from Stearns County, then flows through Kandiyohi County and flows into the North Fork Crow River in Meeker County.
  • The South Fork Crow River is 186.7 km long. It flows through Kandiyohi County first, then Meeker County, McLeod County , Carver County, and Wright County. Some sections of the upper reaches have been straightened and channeled. At Rockford it flows into the North Fork Crow River, creating the actual Crow River, which flows into the Mississippi River after 39.9 km. The course of the river forms a boundary between Wright County and Hennepin County .

Fish fauna

The most common fish species is Moxostoma macrolepidotum , the second most common is the spotted catfish . Glass eye bass and black bass are far less common, but occasionally remarkably large specimens are caught.

Worth seeing

Salisbury Bridge a few miles west of Kingston is a truss steel bridge listed as No. 90980 on the National Register of Historic Places . The bridge was built in 1899 and connects Kingston with Forest City Township as part of a dirt road. The name of the bridge refers to a farmer named Salisbury, who lived near the bridge and who worked for the Minnesota House of Representatives at times. The bridge type was invented in 1844 by engineers Thomas Willis Pratt and his father. This type of bridge, which was used in the United States for spans up to 76 m until the early 20th century, was part of the transition from wood to metal.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Charles Henry Prior: Water Resources of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Minnesota, 1953, pp. 25ff
  2. Jump up ↑ Sportsman's Connection: Minnesota - West Metro Area Fishing Map Guide, 2016, p. 222
  3. ↑ Minnesota Department of Transportation - Salisbury Bridge (Bridge 90980)
  4. ^ Jacob Lubliner, Panayiotis Papadopoulos: Introduction to Solid Mechanics - An Integrated Approach, 2016, p. 116