Prairie River (Michigan)
| Prairie River | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lake Templene |
| Mouth | |
• location | St. Joseph River at Three Rivers, Michigan |
| Length | 54 miles (87 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 182.09 cu ft/s (5.156 m3/s) (estimate)[1] |
The Prairie River is a small river that flows 54 miles (87 km)[2] through Branch and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. The river rises at 41°48′20″N 85°00′54″W / 41.80556°N 85.01500°W in northern Kinderhook Township in Branch County, and flows west-northwest into the St. Joseph River at 41°54′45″N 85°38′21″W / 41.91250°N 85.63917°W just south of the city of Three Rivers, Michigan.[3]
Drainage basin
[edit]The Prairie River drains all or portions of the following:[4]
Tributaries
[edit](from the mouth)[4]
- (right) Spring Creek[5]
- Lake Templene is formed by an impoundment on the river[11]
- (right) outflow from Bryant Lake[12]
- (left) outflow from Perrin Lake[13]
- Prairie River Lake, a natural lake on the river[14]
- (left) outflow from Fish Lake[15]
- (left) Stewart Lake Drain[20]
- Stewart Lake[21]
- (left) outflow from Lake Pleasant[22]
- outflow from Lake Michiana (Hog Lake)[23]
- (left) outflow from Dragon Lake,[24]
References
[edit]- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Prairie River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie River
- ^ a b National Map Viewer, accessed August 10, 2015
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spring Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nottawa Ditch
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Colon Ditch
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Washburn Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Drain
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beaver Lake
- ^ Project Background Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Lake Templene Bathymetric Surveying and Lake Management Plan
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bryant Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perrin Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Prairie River Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fish Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hawkins Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eight Foot Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grey Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Omena Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stewart Lake Drain
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stewart Lake
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Pleasant
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Michiana
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dragon Lake