Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
Appearance
Cedar River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Green Bay |
• elevation | 581 ft (177 m)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Lake Michigan |
Cedar River (also known as the Big Cedar River)[1] is a 67.1-mile-long (108.0 km)[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in the northern part of Menominee County at 45°53′18″N 87°35′15″W / 45.88833°N 87.58750°W[1] and flows mostly south and east to empty into Green Bay of Lake Michigan at 45°24′35″N 87°21′05″W / 45.40972°N 87.35139°W[1] in the community of Cedar River.
The Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Menominee River, also flows mostly southward in Menominee County approximately 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) west of the Cedar River.
Tributaries and features
[edit]From the mouth:
- (left) Walton River[3]
- (left) Elwood Creek[16]
- (left) Devils Creek[20]
- (right) Brill Brook[23]
- (right) Degraves Creek (also known as Degroves Creek)[24]
- (left) Collard Creek[25]
- (left) Crooked Creek[26]
- (right) Depas Creek[27]
- (left) Advent Creek[28]
- (left) Mashek Creek[29]
- (left) Brook Creek[30]
- (right) Houle Creek[34]
- (right) Fortyseven Mile Creek[35]
- (right) Whitney Creek[36]
- (left) Gorginski Creek[37]
- (right) Wilson Creek[38]
- (left) Reed Brook[43]
- Reed Lake[44]
- (left) Alder Brook[45]
- Wheeler Lake[46]
- (left) West Branch Cedar River[47]
- (left) Pittsburg Creek[54]
- (left) Labre Creek[55]
- (left) Nacomis Creek[56]
Drainage basin
[edit]The Cedar River drains all or portions of the following:
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar River (Menominee County, Michigan)
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 19, 2011
- ^ "Walton River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Westman Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "North Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Crystal Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Weary Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Big Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Little Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Hayward Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Hayward Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Myers Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Baird Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Grant Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Wagner Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Elwood Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "West Ellwood Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Mill Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Dry Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Devils Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Camp H Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Crawford Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Brill Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Degraves Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Collard Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Crooked Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Depas Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Advent Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Mashek Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Brook Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Knap Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Kitchners Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Gordon Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Houle Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Fortyseven Mile Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Whitney Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Gorginski Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Wilson Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Arnold Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Indian Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Indian Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Little Indian Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Reed Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Reed Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Alder Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Wheeler Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "West Branch Cedar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Beaver Dam Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Menard Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Lake Number Eighteen". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Vega Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Spruce Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Spruce Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Pittsburg Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Labre Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Nacomis Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.