McCarty River

The McCarty River is a 6.8-mile-long tributary of the Saint Louis River of Minnesota.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Floodwood.

Floodwood

Village

Photo: MNTRT2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Floodwood is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 518 as of September 2025 Originally a logging community, Floodwood was a dairy community for most of its history, but could now be best described as a bedroom community, since most of its working population finds employment in nearby Duluth, Grand Rapids, Hibbing and Cloquet. Floodwood is situated 4½ miles northwest of McCarty River.

McCarty River

Type: Stream
Description: river in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Categories: river and body of water
Location: St. Louis, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.88272° or 46° 52′ 58″ north

Longitude

-92.8602° or 92° 51′ 37″ west

Elevation

1,220 feet (372 metres)

Open location code

86R9V4MQ+3W

GeoNames ID

5036980

Wikidata ID

Q6800221

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Satellite Map

Discover McCarty River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“McCarty River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “McCarty”
Cebuano: “McCarty River”
Irish: “Abhainn McCarty”
Venetian: “McCarty”
Welsh: “Afon McCarty”

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