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The following year the 40-acre (16 ha) mill pond was drained. The local Izaak Walton League desired to create a 120-acre (49 ha) lake as early as 1926. They were able to buy options for 254 acres (103 ha) in 1933. The City of Hampton and several civic organizations bought the property the following year and presented it to the State of Iowa.
County Region Summary Anderson Conservation Area: Red Oak: Montgomery: Southwest: website, operated by the City of Red Oak, 244 acres, 2 miles of trails, 15 acre pond, includes Wolfe Nature Center with environmental education displays and a meeting room Annett Nature Center: Indianola: Warren: South Central
Amana is in northeastern Iowa County, on the south side of Price Creek in the valley of the Iowa River. It is bordered to the west by Lily Pond and the village of Middle Amana, while East Amana is to the east. U.S. Route 151 passes through Amana, leading northeast 19 miles (31 km) to Cedar Rapids and south 3 miles (5 km) to U.S. Route 6 at ...
Polk County is the most densely populated county at 864/sq mi (333.5/km 2), an increase in density from 2010 when it was 655.5/sq mi (253.08/km 2). [7] Polk County contains the state's capital and largest city, Des Moines. In addition, Iowa has one of the smallest percentages of counties whose boundaries are dictated by natural means, the vast ...
Location of Iowa County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
Black Hawk Lake (Sac County, Iowa) Brushy Creek State Recreation Area; Bussey Lake; C. Carter Lake (Iowa–Nebraska) Clear Lake (Iowa) D. DeSoto Lake (Iowa–Nebraska)
The Hayden Prairie is a remnant of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem that once made up 75 to 80 percent of Iowa’s landscape. [4] Although this remnant is only 240 acres (0.97 km 2) in size – less than a half section of land – it is the largest remaining parcel of tallgrass prairies surviving in Iowa outside of the Loess Hills on the western border of the state.
Indian Fish Trap State Preserve, also known as the Indian Fish Weir, is a historic site located near the Amana Colonies in rural Iowa County, Iowa. The fish weir is an array of rocks in a V-shaped formation in the Iowa River. It is the only structure of this kind in Iowa. [3]