Flatwater Explains: Why Is Carter Lake in Iowa? - Flatwater Free Press

Flatwater Explains: Why Is Carter Lake in Iowa? - Flatwater Free Press

Editor’s note: Flatwater Explains is an occasional series during which FFP reporters explain the people, places and things that make Nebraska what it is, while answering questions that both longtime residents and first-time visitors might have. It’s a quintessential Omaha experience: You’re driving to the airport, and all of a sudden, you’re in Iowa. A half-mile later, you’re back in Nebraska.  The well-traversed stretch of road is part of Carte…

Why Is Carter Lake in Iowa? - The Reader

It’s a quintessential Omaha experience: You’re driving to the airport, and all of a sudden, you’re in Iowa. A half-mile later, you’re back in Nebraska.  The well-traversed stretch of road is part of Carter Lake, a geographical oddity created by a course-altering flood along the Missouri River. Once a disputed territory, the Iowa exclave lies at the heart of a historic interstate rivalry pitting Huskers against Hawkeyes.  How did Carter Lake form…