Sprout Creek

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Sprout Creek in Verbank
Map of the Fishkill Creek drainage basin showing Sprout Creek

Sprout Creek is a 24.8-mile-long (39.9 km)[1] creek located entirely within Dutchess County, New York, United States.[2][3] It is the largest tributary of Fishkill Creek,[4] entering that creek some 11 miles (18 km) upstream from the Hudson River.[1][5] The creek is annually stocked with 6,000 brown trout, and maintains its own natural population of trout.

Course

Sprout Creek begins in

AADT of 19,400 vehicles as of February 2006.[10] In 1722, William Verplanck constructed a dam across the creek. He also built a grinding mill on the creek's banks; during the American Revolution, this mill ground a large quantity of grain for the soldiers stationed at Fishkill.[11] The creek ends at the Fishkill Creek, just north of New York State Route 52.[7] Sprout Creek also passes through Sprout Creek Farm
, an educational farm, in the town of LaGrange.

Watershed

Comprising 24% of the overall Fishkill Creek watershed, the Sprout Creek

La Grange, Union Vale, Wappinger, and East Fishkill.[4]

One of only three trout creeks in Dutchess County, the creek is annually stocked with 6,000 brown trout; wild trout are also present.[14][15] A group of local residents formed the Sprout Creek Association, after the operation of a nearby rock mine prompted concerns about the creek's environmental health.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
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  3. ^ William Hubert Burr (1904). Report of the Commission on additional water supply for the city of New York. University of Wisconsin. p. 462.
  4. ^ a b "Natural Resources Management Plan For The Fishkill Creek Watershed" (PDF). Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  5. ^ Smith, Joseph Mather (1860). Report on the medical topography and epidemics of the state of New York. Collins. p. 122.
  6. ^ "Fishkill Creek Watershed Education Program" (PDF). Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee. Retrieved 2009-04-09.[dead link]
  7. ^ a b Map of Sprout Creek (Map). Cartography by NAVTEQ. Google Maps. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  8. ^ "The Jackson Creek Streamwalk, 2007" (PDF). Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
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  10. ^ Osman Hag-Elsafi and Jonathan Kunin (2006). "Load Testing For Bridge Rating: Route 82 Over Sprout Creek" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
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  12. ^ "Sprout Creek". Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee. Retrieved 2009-04-09. [dead link]
  13. ^ "Fishkill Creek Watershed Management Plan". Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee. Archived from the original on 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  14. ^ "Public Fishing Rights Maps: Sprout Creek" (PDF). New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  15. ^ a b Staff Writer (2004). "LaGrange's mining experience holds lessons for Milan's future". The Register Herald. Retrieved 2009-05-02.[permanent dead link]

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