Portage River (Jackson County, Michigan) Explained
Portage River |
Map: | Portage River (Grand River Watershed) Map US MI.svg |
Map Size: | 288 |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Length: | 15.5miles |
Mouth Elevation: | 909feet |
Discharge1 Location: | mouth |
Discharge1 Avg: | 148.54cuft/s (estimate)[1] |
The Portage River is a 15.5adj=midNaNadj=mid[2] river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southwesterly through northeast Jackson County.
The Portage River rises at approximately 42.3739°N -84.18°W in the Portage Lake Swamp in the Waterloo State Recreation Area. The river flows mostly southwest into the Grand River at 42.315°N -84.395°W in Blackman Charter Township just north of the city of Jackson. 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
- (right) outflow from
- St. John Lake
- Eagle Lake
- Mud Lake
- (left) Batteese Creek
- (left) Orchard Creek
- (left) Cahaogan Creek
- (right) Thornapple Creek
- (left) Pickett Drain
- (right) Jacobs Lake Drain
- (right) outflow from Portage Lake
- Little Portage Lake
- (right) outflow from series of lakes and small streams including
- Locker Lake
- Riley Lake
- Notten Lake
- Lehman Lake
- (left) Honey Creek
- Portage Lake Swamp
Notes and References
- Web site: Watershed Report: Portage River. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2021-07-02. live. watersgeo.epa.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20210702232302/https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=12246120. 2021-07-02.
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011