Nine Mile Creek (Minnesota River tributary)
| Nine Mile Creek | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Iyutapi Napcinwanka (Dakota) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | fifteen miles (24 km) |
| Basin size | fifty miles (80 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Minnesota River |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Minnesota River |
| Waterbodies | Normandale Lake |
Nine Mile Creek, known in Dakota as Iyutapi Napcinwanka, is a stream in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Minnesota River.
Nine Mile Creek was named from its distance, nine miles (14 km) southwest of Fort Snelling where it crosses the (Old) Shakopee Road.
The stream has two branches, the main branch, with a length of fifteen miles (24 km), and the south branch, with a length of eight point five miles (13.7 km). The main branch begins in Hopkins and the south branch begins in Minnetonka. The two branches meet at Normandale Lake, in Bloomington.