Little Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary)

There is also the Little Cedar River (Menominee River) in Menominee County, Michigan.
Little Cedar River
The river along Dale Road in Tobacco Township
Little Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary) is located in Michigan
Little Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary)
Location within the state of Michigan
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBuckeye Township, Michigan
 • coordinates43°55′08″N 84°24′18″W / 43.91889°N 84.40500°W / 43.91889; -84.40500
Mouth 
 • location
Tobacco River
 • coordinates
43°50′30″N 84°23′17″W / 43.84167°N 84.38806°W / 43.84167; -84.38806
 • elevation
676 ft (206 m)[1]
Length8.1 miles (13.0 km)

Little Cedar River is an 8.1-mile-long (13.0 km)[2] river in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The Little Cedar rises in Buckeye Township at 43°55′08″N 84°24′18″W / 43.91889°N 84.40500°W / 43.91889; -84.40500 (Little Cedar River (source)),[1] and flows primarily south into the Tobacco River at 43°50′30″N 84°23′17″W / 43.84167°N 84.38806°W / 43.84167; -84.38806 (Little Cedar River (mouth)).[1]

Pete Drain, which feeds into the Little Cedar, is also known as the Little Cedar River.[3]

Tributaries

From the mouth:

  • (right) Otgen Drain[4]
  • (left) Snyder Drain[5]
  • (right) Hoover Drain[6]
  • (right) Crockett Drain[7]
  • (left) Dow Creek[8]
  • (left) Rich Drain[9]
  • (right) Smith Drain[10]
  • (right) Hay Drain[11]
  • (right) McMahan Drain[12]
    • (left) Martin Drain[13]
  • (right) Graham Drain[14]
    • (left) Bennet Drain[15]
  • (right) Pete Drain[3]

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 November 7, 2011
  3. ^ a b "Pete Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ "Otgen Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Snyder Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  6. ^ "Hoover Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  7. ^ "Crockett Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  8. ^ "Dow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  9. ^ "Rich Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  10. ^ "Smith Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  11. ^ "Hay Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  12. ^ "McMahan Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  13. ^ "Martin Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  14. ^ "Graham Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  15. ^ "Bennet Drain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.


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