Tributary of the Grand River in Michigan, United States
The Portage River is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km)[3] 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 / 42.37389; -84.18000 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 / 42.31500; -84.39500 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[4]
- (right) outflow from
- St. John Lake[6]
- Eagle Lake[7]
- Mud Lake[8]
- (left) Batteese Creek[9]
- Batteese Lake[10]
- Hewes Lake[11]
- (left) Orchard Creek[12]
- (left) Cahaogan Creek[13]
- (right) Thornapple Creek[14]
- (left) Pickett Drain[15]
- (right) Jacobs Lake Drain[17]
- (right) outflow from Portage Lake[19]
- Little Portage Lake[20]
- (right) outflow from series of lakes and small streams including
- Locker Lake[21]
- Riley Lake[22]
- Notten Lake[23]
- Lehman Lake[24]
- (left) Honey Creek[25]
- Portage Lake Swamp[26]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portage River
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Portage River". watersgeo.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ 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
