Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary)

Sand Creek is a 36.6-mile-long (58.9 km)^[1] tributary of the Minnesota River in Le Sueur and Scott counties, Minnesota, United States.^[2] It rises at the outlet of Lake Sanborn, 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the city of Montgomery, and flows north past New Prague, entering the Minnesota River just north of Jordan.

Sand Creek
Mouth of the Sand Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Le Sueur, Scott
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Montgomery, Minnesota
• coordinates	44.4788522°N 93.5571747°W / 44.4788522; -93.5571747
Mouth
• location	Jordan, Minnesota
• coordinates	44°44′53″N 93°36′50″W
Basin features
River system	Minnesota River

Sand Creek was so named on account of the white sandstone rock formations near the creek.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota
• List of longest streams of Minnesota

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sand Creek
3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 510.

External links

• Minnesota Watersheds
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)