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Coldwater Creek
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868:Cheever Lake
858:Cedar Bluffs
843:Casey's Paha
833:Brushy Creek
770:Yellow River
692:Wapsipinicon
687:Walnut Woods
622:Prairie Rose
557:Marble Beach
532:Lake Wapello
507:Lake Darling
497:Lake Ahquabi
477:Green Valley
422:Brushy Creek
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1311:Lake Icaria
1301:Heery Woods
1291:Echo Valley
1261:State Parks
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1098:Pilot Grove
1088:Pecan Grove
943:Hanging Bog
908:Fallen Rock
808:Berry Woods
788:A.F. Miller
750:Pilot Mound
745:Loess Hills
702:Wildcat Den
682:Volga River
677:Viking Lake
672:Union Grove
647:Springbrook
597:Pikes Point
582:Okamanpedan
577:Nine Eagles
522:Lake Manawa
512:Lake Keomah
487:Honey Creek
452:Emerson Bay
374:State Parks
354:Iowa portal
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1391:Categories
1326:Mill Creek
1286:Eagle Lake
1238:Woodthrush
1108:Retz Woods
1103:Pilot Knob
1053:Mossy Glen
667:Twin Lakes
642:Rock Creek
602:Pilot Knob
592:Pikes Peak
572:Mini-Wakan
502:Lake Anita
482:Gull Point
432:Clear Lake
427:Cedar Rock
417:Black Hawk
402:Beeds Lake
311:Neal Smith
176:2019-03-21
154:References
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1356:Swan Lake
1331:Oak Grove
813:Bird Hill
697:Waubonsie
637:Rice Lake
612:Pine Lake
547:Lower Gar
412:Big Creek
119:sinkholes
1271:Bobwhite
1264:(Leased)
760:Stephens
725:Backbone
457:Fairport
442:Elk Rock
407:Bellevue
387:Backbone
96:Bluffton
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735:Gifford
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