Portage River (Jackson County, Michigan)
For other Portage Rivers in Michigan, see Portage River (Michigan).
Portage River | |
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Country | United States |
Basin | |
Main source | Waterloo Township, Jackson County, Michigan |
River mouth |
Grand River in Blackman Charter Township, Jackson County, Michigan 909 feet (277 m)[1] |
Physical characteristics | |
Length | 15.5 mi (24.9 km) |
The Portage River is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km)[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southwesterly through northeast Jackson County.
The Portage River rises at approximately 42°22′26″N 84°10′48″W / 42.37389°N 84.18000°W in the Portage Lake Swamp in the Waterloo State Recreation Area. The river flows mostly southwest into the Grand River at 42°18′54″N 84°23′42″W / 42.31500°N 84.39500°W in Blackman Charter Township just north of the city of Jackson.[1] The Portage River forms the boundary between the townships of Henrietta and Leoni.
Drainage basin
The Portage River drains all or portions of the following administrative divisions:
Named tributaries
From the mouth:
- (right) Wildcat Creek[3]
- Brill Lake[4]
- (right) outflow from
- (left) Batteese Creek[8]
- (left) Orchard Creek[11]
- (right) outflow from Portage Lake[18]
- Little Portage Lake[19]
References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage River
- ↑ 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: Wildcat Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brill Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint John Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagle Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mud Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Batteese Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Batteese Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hewes Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orchard Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cahaogan Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thornapple Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickett Drain
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Standish Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jacobs Lake Drain
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jacobs Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Portage Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Locker Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riley Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Notten Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lehman Lake
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Honey Creek
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage Lake Swamp
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