Money Creek (Root River tributary)

Money Creek is a stream in Houston and Winona counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.^[1] It is a tributary of the Root River.^[2] Money Creek was so named when a passerby's money blew into the creek and was lost.^[3]

Money Creek
Money Creek running through the Town of Money Creek, Minnesota
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Houston, Winona
Basin features
River system	Root River

Habitat

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, species present in Money Creek include Brown trout, white sucker, longnose dace, blacknose dace, central stoneroller, creek chub, hornyhead chub, bluntnose minnow, fathead minnow, suckermouth minnow, common shiner, sand shiner, bigmouth shiner, spotfin shiner, logperch, black bullhead, brook stickleback, Johnny darter and fantail darter.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Minnesota