Editing Rock County, Minnesota (section)

===Lakes===
One of Minnesota's nicknames is "Land of 10,000 Lakes", and it is speckled with bodies of water large and small. But four of the state's counties do not contain a natural lake; Rock County is one of them.<ref>The four counties lacking a natural lake are Mower, Olmsted, Pipestone, and Rock.</ref> Rock County did host a manmade lake from 1938 until 2014: a [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] work project constructed a small dam (the "Lower Dam") on Blue Mounds Creek in 1938, creating a small lake in [[Blue Mounds State Park#Cultural history|Blue Mounds State Park]]. This continued until June 2014, when the dam was damaged by rain and floodwaters, allowing the pond to drain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luverne Dam Breaks, Drains Popular Lake |url=http://www.keloland.com/news/article/news/luverne-dam-breaks-drains-popular-lake |access-date=February 5, 2018 |website=KELOLAND News}}</ref> In June 2016 the [[Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]] announced its decision not to rebuild the dam.<ref>[http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/2016/06/22/dnr-decides-not-to-rebuild-blue-mounds-state-park-dam/ "DNR Decides Not To Rebuld Blue Mounds State Park Dam" (Minnesota Natural Resources news release dated June 22, 2016). Accessed March 13, 2019]</ref>