[1] Big Creek State Park is a 3,550 acres (1,440 ha) park built alongside the 866 acres (350 ha) manmade Big Creek Lake.

[1] Big Creek Lake was created as a result of a diversion dam to the Saylorville Lake Reservoir flood control project in the 1970s.

[1] The lake and its associated State Park is located 26 miles outside Des Moines, Iowa.

[2] Known fish species in Big Creek Lake:[3]

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