Cedar River (Antrim County, Michigan)

For other "Cedar Rivers" in Michigan, see Cedar River (Michigan).
Cedar River
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationChestonia Township
Mouth 
 • location
Intermediate River
 • elevation
614 ft (187 m)[1]
Basin features
River systemElk River Chain of Lakes Watershed

Cedar River is an 11.6-mile-long (18.7 km)[2] stream in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan and is part of the Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed, a tributary of Lake Michigan.

The Cedar River rises in southwest Chestonia Township at 44°57′29″N 85°02′30″W / 44.95806°N 85.04167°W / 44.95806; -85.04167 (Cedar River (source))[1] and flows mostly to the west into the Intermediate River in Bellaire at 44°58′48″N 85°12′16″W / 44.98000°N 85.20444°W / 44.98000; -85.20444 (Cedar River (mouth)).[1]

The North Branch Cedar River rises along the boundary between Chestonia and Kearney townships at 45°00′18″N 85°06′04″W / 45.00500°N 85.10111°W / 45.00500; -85.10111 (North Branch Cedar River (source)) and flows southwest into the main branch about a mile east of Bellaire at 45°00′18″N 85°06′04″W / 45.00500°N 85.10111°W / 45.00500; -85.10111 (North Branch Cedar River (mouth)).[3]

Tributaries

From the mouth:

  • Blair Lake[4]
  • (left) North Branch Cedar River[3]
  • (left) Woolcott Creek[5]
  • (right) Scotts Spring[6]

Drainage basin

The Cedar River drains portions of the following in Antrim County:

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cedar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 21, 2011
  3. ^ a b "North Branch Cedar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Blair Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Woolcott Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ "Scotts Spring". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.