Little Cedar River (Menominee River tributary)

Little Cedar River
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMeyer Township, Menominee County
Mouth 
 • location
Menominee River
 • elevation
630 ft (190 m)[1]

Little Cedar River is a 56.7-mile-long (91.2 km)[2] river in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The Little Cedar rises in Meyer Township at 45°45′00″N 87°39′17″W / 45.75000°N 87.65472°W / 45.75000; -87.65472 (Little Cedar River (source)),[1] approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hermansville. It flows primarily south through Hermansville, then along the western side of Nadeau Township, passing briefly into Faithorn Township, and continuing through the village of Daggett, Daggett Township, the city of Stephenson, Stephenson Township, and into Mellen Township, where it empties into the Menominee River at 45°45′00″N 87°39′17″W / 45.75000°N 87.65472°W / 45.75000; -87.65472 (Little Cedar River (mouth)).[1] Much of its course runs approximately parallel to US 41.

Tributaries

From the mouth:

  • (left) Little Kelley Creek[3]
  • (right) Hugos Brook[4]
  • (right) Hays Creek[5]
    • (right) Boyle Creek[6]
      • (right) DeGroote Lake[7]
  • (left) Ross Creek[8]
  • (left) Snow Creek[9]
  • (right) Poterfield Creek[10]
    • (right) Holmes Creek[11]
    • Kloman Lake (on Poterfield Creek)[12]
  • (right) Schetter Creek[13]
  • (right) Laurin Creek[14]
  • (left) Bog Brook[15]
  • (left) Nadeau Creek[16]
  • (left) Camp Two Creek[17]
  • Hermansville Lake[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Little 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 December 19, 2011
  3. ^ "Little Kelley Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Hugos Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Hays Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ "Boyle Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  7. ^ "DeGroote Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  8. ^ "Ross Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  9. ^ "Snow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  10. ^ "Poterfield Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  11. ^ "Holmes Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  12. ^ "Kloman Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  13. ^ "Schetter Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  14. ^ "Laurin Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  15. ^ "Bog Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  16. ^ "Nadeau Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  17. ^ "Camp Two Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  18. ^ "Hermansville Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.