Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary)

Sand Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Minnesota River in Le Sueur and Scott counties, Minnesota, United States. It rises at the outlet of Lake Sanborn, northeast of the city of Montgomery, and flows north past New Prague, entering the Minnesota River just north of Jordan.

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

See also List of rivers of Minnesota List of longest streams of Minnesota

References

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