| White Breast Creek | |
|---|---|
 Mouth of White Breast Creek (United States Environmental Protection Agency) | |
| Location | |
| Country | US |
| State | Iowa |
| District | Marion County, Iowa,Clarke County, Iowa,Lucas County, Iowa,Warren County, Iowa |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 41°01′45″N93°53′33″W / 41.02917°N 93.89250°W /41.02917; -93.89250 |
| Mouth | Des Moines River |
• coordinates | 41°23′43″N93°02′19″W / 41.39528°N 93.03861°W /41.39528; -93.03861 |
• elevation | 742 ft (226 m) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dallas, Iowa |
| • average | 243 cu/ft. per sec.[1] |
| Basin features | |
| GNIS feature ID | 462975[2] |
White Breast Creek is an important tributary of theDes Moines River inIowa. It flows 91.3 miles (146.9 km)[3] from southwest to northeast, rising in Ward Township inUnion County, west ofOsceola, and flowing in an easterly then a northeasterly direction, to its mouth with the Des Moines River atLake Red Rock.
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Its first main tributary is South White Breast Creek, on itsleft bank; this creek has intermittent tributaries named Hoosier Creek and Little Hoosier Creek in Green Bay Township inClarke County.
Brush Creek enters as aright bank tributary south ofLucas, in the Lucas Unit of the Stephens State Forest Wildlife Management Area, in Jackson Township ofLucas County.Indian Creek joins in Liberty Township, also on the left bank.
Little White Breast Creek enters from the right bank, also in Liberty Township in Lucas County. This creek rises north and east ofChariton from Lake Morris and Lake Ellis, two small reservoirs.
The next three left bank tributaries areBarker Creek, a short stream confined to Liberty Township in Lucas County;Stoney Creek thenCotton Creek join White Breast Creek nearLacona.
Wolf Creek and its tributary,Flank Creek enter on the left bank in Dallas Township, a few miles west ofDallas. A few miles north of Dallas, the creek has a significant floodplain, regularly subject to inundation.
Hawk Run is the last significant tributary, entering near Lake Red Rock on the left bank.
