Bussey Lake is a backwater lake on the Iowa side of the

Upper Mississippi River The Upper Mississippi River is the portion of the Mississippi River upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, a city at the confluence of its main tributary, the Missouri River. Historically, it may refer to the area above the Arkansa ...

located about above Lock and Dam No. 10, at

Guttenberg, Iowa Guttenberg is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States, along the Mississippi River. The population was 1,817 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 1,987 at the 2000 census. History Prairie La Porte, meaning "the door to the prairi ...

. The lake is joined by many rivers and creeks such as Buck Creek. Measuring , it is part of the

Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a , See also * Izaak Walton League * List of National Wildlife Refuges *Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge ...

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Army Corps of Engineers, Bussey Lake Habitat Project, Guttenberg, Iowa
{{authority control Bodies of water of Clayton County, Iowa Lakes of the Mississippi River Lakes of Iowa