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Today's Location: [Sioux City, IA]

The Sioux City, Iowa graticule is at latitude 42, longitude -96. This graticule is nearly centered on Sioux City and includes land in three different states. Most of the area is known locally as the "Siouxland" region. Most of the area is very hilly and rural. The challenge will be having a geohash which doesn't land on a farm.

In South Dakota, the graticule encompasses the cities of Vermillion, Elk Point, Jefferson, and North Sioux City, SD.

In Nebraska, the graticule encompasses many rural towns including South Sioux City, Ponca, Newcastle, Wakefield, Martinsburg, and Winnebago.

In Iowa, the graticule encompasses Sioux City, Westfield, Akron, Hinton, Le Mars, Moville, Lawton, Onawa, Sloan, and Sergeant Bluff

Notable Dates

Daily Locations

2008-05-19 -- Farmland, appears to be northwest of Bancroft, NE.
2008-05-20 -- Farmland, appears to be west of Interstate 29 between Jefferson, SD and Elk Point, SD.
2008-05-21 -- Farmland, appears to just southeast of Wayne, NE.
2008-05-22 -- Farmland, appears to be smack dab between Maurice, IA (prounounced Morris) and Ireton, IA.
2008-05-23 -- Hilly Farmland, appears to be east of Allen, NE.
2008-05-24 -- Hilly Terraced Farmland, appears to be southeast of Walthill, NE.
2008-05-25 -- On the banks of the Floyd River, appears to be south of Maurice, IA.
2008-05-26 -- Farmland, appears to be east of Elk Point, SD.
2008-05-27 -- Farmland, appears to be south of Hornick, IA.
2005-05-28 -- Farmland, appears to be southeast of Merrill, IA
2005-05-29 -- Farmland, appears to be southeast of Moville, IA
2005-05-30 -- Farmland, appears to be northeast of Emerson, NE.
2005-05-31 -- Farmland, appears to be north of Decatur, NE.
2005-06-01 -- Farmland, appears to be northwest of Wakefield, NE.
2005-06-02 -- Farmland just a few hundred feet from the Missouri River just north of Dakota Dunes, SD

Statistics

Starting May 27, 2008: (reached)

Land Locations Visited: 0
Water Location Visited: 0
Locations Reached: 0
Total Arrivals: 0

Records

Local Records

Local Firsts

First Geohash: tbd
First Farm Geohash: tbd
First non-farm Geohash: tbd

Local Geohashers

Anopheles will do it when it's not too far away, and when he finally buys a GPS

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 [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=42&long=-96&zoom=9&abs=-1 Sioux City, IA]]
-The Sioux City, Iowa [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=42&long=-96 latitude 42, longitude -96].  This graticule is nearly centered on Sioux City and includes land in three different states.  Most of the area is known locally as the "Siouxland" region.  Most of the area is very hilly and rural.  The challenge will be having a graticule which doesn't land on a farm.
+The Sioux City, Iowa [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=42&long=-96 latitude 42, longitude -96].  This graticule is nearly centered on Sioux City and includes land in three different states.  Most of the area is known locally as the "Siouxland" region.  Most of the area is very hilly and rural.  The challenge will be having a geohash which doesn't land on a farm.
 In South Dakota, the graticule encompasses the cities of Vermillion, Elk Point, Jefferson, and North Sioux City, SD.

-	Sioux Falls, SD	-
Norfolk, NE	Sioux City, Iowa	Storm Lake, IA
–	Omaha, NE (West)	Omaha, NE (East)

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