Geography Tool Shed : Michigan Rivers

United States Rivers

Michigan

River count	425
River miles	12,093

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Rivers

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Name	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Auger Creek	15.3	15
Au Gres River	46.7	59
Au Gres River - East Branch	18.8	19
Augusta Creek	17.7	18
Au Sable River	137.9	332
Au Sable River - East Branch	17.7	18
Au Sable River - North Branch	37	37
Au Sable River - South Branch	51.6	52
Au Train River	16.9	17
Bad River	44.2	100
Bad River - South Branch	24.5	25
Baldwin River	20.1	34
Baltimore River	23.2	23
Bark River	23.7	24
Battle Creek	5	5
Battle Creek River	49.7	84
Bean Creek	46.3	61
Bear Creek (Black Creek (River Raisin tributary))	9.7	10
Bear Creek (Black Creek (River Raisin tributary))	20.2	20
Bear Creek (Grand River tributary)	10.3	10
Bear Creek (Manistee River tributary)	33.2	33
Bear River	14.6	15
Beaver Creek (Bad River tributary)	30.8	31
Beaver Creek (Ontonagon River - East Branch tributary)	15.3	15
Bellamy Creek	9.4	9
Belle River	71.9	72
Bennet Creek	3.9	4
Betsie River	53.9	54
Big Creek	11.5	12
Big Creek (Au Sable River tributary)	4.5	19
Big Creek - West Branch	14.6	15
Big Iron River	27.5	49
Big Sable River	37	37
Black Creek (River Raisin tributary)	19.9	50
Black Creek (Tittabawassee River tributary)	5	5
Black River (Cheboygan River tributary)	78.7	137
Black River - East Branch (Cheboygan River tributary)	17.6	18
Black River (Escanaba River - Middle Branch tributary)	15.3	15
Black River (Lake Superior tributary)	39	73
Black River - Middle Branch (Southern Lake Michigan tributary)	20.4	20
Black River (Northern Lake Michigan tributary)	11	11
Black River - South Branch (Southern Lake Michigan tributary)	26.6	27
Black River (Southern Lake Michigan tributary)	4.2	51
Black River (St. Clair River tributary)	81	163
Boardman River	28.2	70
Boardman River - North Branch	27.3	27
Boardman River - South Branch	10.1	10
Boyne River	6	6
Brandywine Creek	9.2	9
Brevoort River	29	29
Brule River	52.3	243
Brush Creek	12.8	13
Buck Creek	14.9	15
Butterfield Creek	17.3	17
Canada Creek	16.9	17
Carl Creek	1.5	2
Carp Lake River	10.5	11
Carp River (Lake Huron tributary)	43.5	44
Carp River (Lake Superior tributary)	23.7	24
Cass River	61.6	203
Cass River - North Branch	28.5	42
Cass River - South Branch	34.1	34
Cass River - South Fork	13.3	13
Cedar Creek	26.4	26
Cedar River (Intermediate River tributary)	11.3	11
Cedar River (Lake Michigan tributary)	67.1	85
Cedar River - North Branch (Tobacco River tributary)	15.5	16
Cedar River (Tobacco River tributary)	29	45
Cedar Run Creek	10.2	10
Cheboyganing Creek	21.6	22
Cheboygan River	7	293
Chippewa River	91.9	257
Chocolay River	21.7	33
Christiana Creek	23.7	24
Clam River	51.2	51
Clear Fork	8.5	9
Clinton River	83.4	227
Clinton River - North Branch	49.2	87
Coldwater River (Chippewa River tributary)	13.3	13
Coldwater River (St. Joseph River tributary)	29.4	59
Coldwater River (Thornapple River tributary)	25.2	40
Cooks Run	12.5	13
Coon Creek	22.6	23
Cooper Creek	8.3	8
Crockery Creek	44.6	68
Crockery Creek - North Branch	15.7	16
Crooked River	5.6	12
Crystal River	6.3	6
Dead River	46	46
Dead Stream	11.5	12
Deer Creek (Jordan River tributary)	12.8	13
Deer Creek (Red Cedar River tributary)	13.9	14
Detroit River	27.9	163
Dexter Creek	15.2	15
Dickerson Creek	27	27
Doan Creek	15	15
Doc and Tom Creek	13.6	14
Dowagiac Creek	21	21
Dowagiac River	23.6	45
Driggs River	36.1	36
Duck Creek	15.1	15
Duke Creek	13	13
East Pond Creek	15.3	15
Elk Creek	27.2	27
Escanaba River	52.2	198
Escanaba River - East Branch	14.8	15
Escanaba River - Middle Branch	53.4	69
Escanaba River - West Branch	29.3	29
Evans Creek	14.4	14
Farmers Creek	8.3	8
Fawn River	33.8	34
Fence River	16.4	61
Fence River - East Branch	16.6	17
Fence River - West Branch	14.8	15
Firesteel River	18.3	18
Fish Creek	38.4	38
Fishdam River	16.9	17
Fisk Creek	1.9	2
Flat River	71.2	121
Flint River	78.3	348
Flint River - North Branch	23.8	24
Flint River - South Branch	46.8	55
Flintsteel River	19.9	20
Flower Creek	8.3	8
Ford River	108	173
Ford River - North Branch	35.1	35
Fortyseven Mile Creek	17.4	17
Fox River	36.6	72
Fox River - East Branch	35.1	35
Galien River	30	35
Galien River - South Branch	5	5
Gilchrist Creek	14	14
Glass Creek	10.4	10
Goodings Creek	12	12
Grand River	216.2	1,215
Grass River	2.3	50
Gull Creek	13.6	14
Gun River	15.1	15
Hasler Creek	18.5	19
Haymeadow Creek	17.7	18
Hazen Creek	10.1	10
Hemlock River	17	17
Hendrie River	22.9	23
Hersey River	13.4	13
Hickory Creek	18.2	18
High Bank Creek	15.1	15
Hog Creek	20.6	21
Honey Creek	7.6	8
Hopkins Creek	11.5	12
Horton Creek	7.9	8
Hunters Brook	17.9	18
Huron River	129.6	166
Indian Creek	13.4	13
Indian River (Cheboygan River tributary)	3.9	102
Indian River (Manistique River tributary)	59.4	59
Intermediate River	34.6	48
Iron Creek	11.3	11
Iron River	17.1	17
Iron River - West Branch	21.5	22
Jackson Creek	18.8	19
Johnson Creek	11.8	12
Jordan River	24.9	42
Jumbo River	14.2	14
Kalamazoo River	130.2	470
Kalamazoo River - North Branch	26.2	26
Kalamazoo River - South Branch	47.5	48
Kalamink Creek	11.8	12
Kawkawlin River	17.5	53
Kawkawlin River - North Branch	35.9	36
Kearsley Creek	47.9	48
Kids Creek	4.4	4
King Creek	14.8	15
Lacey Creek	7	7
Lake Charlevoix	14.4	70
Lake Leelanau	13.8	34
Laughing Whitefish River	19.4	19
Leland (Carp) River	0.8	35
Libhart Creek	16.2	16
Lime Creek	14.2	14
Lincoln River	7.9	47
Lincoln River - North Branch	25.9	26
Lincoln River - South Branch	13	13
Little Black River	15.4	15
Little Cedar River	55	55
Little Manistee River	68.7	69
Little Muskegon River	44.1	75
Little Portage Creek	21.4	21
Little Presque Isle River	21.3	21
Little Rabbit River	11	11
Little River	35.2	35
Little River Raisin	17.1	17
Little Salt Creek	21.6	22
Little Two Hearted River	25.4	25
Little Wolf Creek	17.1	17
Looking Glass River	71.1	90
Macatawa River	20.3	37
Macatawa River - North Branch	10.9	11
Macon Creek	27.3	66
Macon Creek - North Branch	18.8	19
Macon Creek - South Branch	20.2	20
Manistee River	190.3	425
Manistee River - North Branch	15.2	15
Manistique River	79.2	349
Manistique River - West Branch	42.9	103
Manton Creek	14	14
Maple River (Grand River tributary)	74.3	140
Maple River (Indian River (Cheboygan River tributary))	26.4	26
Marsh Creek	6.1	20
McCoy Creek	7.9	8
McGinn Creek	14.3	14
Mebert Creek	3.8	4
Menominee River (Lake Michigan tributary)	116.3	787
Michigamme River	67	175
Middle Branch River	36.7	37
Mill Creek (Black River (St. Clair River tributary))	33.7	55
Mill Creek (Huron River tributary)	20.9	21
Mill Creek - North Branch	11.8	12
Mill Creek - South Branch	9.4	9
Minnehaha Creek	6	6
Misery River	24.2	24
Misteguay Creek	38.4	38
Mitchigan River	13.6	14
Molasses River	16.9	17
Montreal River (Gogebic County, MI)	53.5	54
Montreal River (Keweenaw County)	26.9	27
Mud Creek	12.7	13
Muddy Creek	9.7	10
Munuscong River	29.1	43
Munuscong River - East Branch	14.2	14
Murphy Creek	21.3	21
Muskegon River	233	520
Muskegon River - North Branch	7	33
Muskegon River - West Branch	17.5	18
Net River	14.9	52
Net River - East Branch	20.1	20
Net River - West Branch	17.1	17
Nettle Creek	1.3	1
New River	21.6	22
Norris Creek	14.9	15
North Pine River	20.6	21
Nottawa Creek	34	34
Nunns Creek	5.5	6
Ocqueoc River	37.2	37
Ontonagon River	24.7	387
Ontonagon River - Cisco Branch	38	50
Ontonagon River - East Branch	59.3	89
Ontonagon River - Middle Branch	70.7	111
Ontonagon River - South Branch	33.3	113
Ontonagon River - West Branch	49.7	163
Otter River	12.7	59
Otter River - North Branch	23.3	23
Otter River - West Branch	23	23
Paint Creek (Clinton River tributary)	16.8	17
Paint Creek (Stony Creek tributary)	13.8	14
Paint River	45.5	174
Paint River - North Branch	17.3	17
Paint River - South Branch	29.5	42
Paw Paw River	76.1	100
Paw Paw River - East Branch	11.5	12
Pentwater River	10.8	30
Pentwater River - North Branch	19.2	19
Perch River	20.8	21
Pere Marquette River	64	176
Pere Marquette River - Big South Branch	52.2	52
Pere Marquette River - Middle Branch	25.4	25
Perry Creek	16.4	16
Peshekee River	36.1	36
Pigeon River (Cheboygan River tributary)	47.1	47
Pigeon River (Lake Huron tributary)	39.7	40
Pigeon River (Lake Michigan tributary)	11	11
Pigeon River (St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan tributary))	20.7	21
Pinconning River	15.6	16
Pine Creek (Macatawa River tributary)	5.7	6
Pine Creek (Sturgeon River (Menominee River tributary))	25.3	25
Pine River (Chippewa River tributary)	104.3	104
Pine River - East Branch (Manistee River tributary)	8.4	8
Pine River - East Branch (Van Etten Creek tributary)	14.2	14
Pine River (Lake Huron tributary)	44.2	65
Pine River (Manistee River tributary)	53.5	75
Pine River - North Branch (Manistee River tributary)	12.9	13
Pine River - South Branch (St. Clair River tributary)	12.7	13
Pine River - South Branch (Van Etten Lake tributary)	13.2	13
Pine River (St. Clair River tributary)	42.1	55
Pine River (Van Etten Creek tributary)	11.8	53
Pine River - West Branch (Van Etten Creek tributary)	14	14
Pine Run	19.5	20
Pinnebog River	39.4	39
Pipestone Creek	17.4	17
Plaster Creek	19.2	19
Platte River	32.7	33
Portage Creek	11	11
Portage Lake	5.1	266
Portage River	38.6	39
Prairie Creek	23.3	23
Prairie River	55.5	56
Presque Isle River	42.2	111
Presque Isle River - East Branch	18.9	19
Presque Isle River - South Branch	7.2	7
Presque Isle River - West Branch	21.3	29
Rabbit River	46	57
Rainy River	23.8	24
Rapid River	17	17
Ravine River	16.2	16
Red Cedar River	51.1	157
Red Cedar River - Middle Branch	10.9	11
Red Cedar River - West Branch	14.9	15
Rice Creek	7.1	35
Rice Creek - North Branch	13.2	13
Rice Creek - South Branch	15	15
Rifle River	61.8	62
Rio Grande Creek	7.9	8
River Raisin	138.7	417
River Raisin - South Branch	33.6	74
Rocky River	28.3	28
Rogue River	48.5	62
Rouge River	48.2	135
Rouge River - Bell Branch	13	13
Rouge River - Lower Branch	29.1	29
Rouge River - Middle Branch	22.1	31
Rouge River - Upper Branch	14	27
Sage River	9.7	24
Sage River - East Branch	13.9	14
Saginaw River	22.3	1,389
Saline River	45.7	46
Salt Creek	25.8	26
Salt River	19.4	33
Salt River - North Branch	13.3	13
Sanborn Creek	14	14
Sand Creek	23.2	23
Sandstone Creek	27.6	28
Sauk River	8.7	9
Sawmill Creek	15	15
Sebewaing River	10.6	11
Shakey River	26.2	26
Shelldrake River	33.5	34
Shiawassee River	120.7	822
Shiawassee River - South Branch	30.6	31
Silver Creek (St. Joseph River - East Branch (Maumee River tributary))	19	19
Silver River (Lake Superior tributary)	24.9	25
Silver River (Sturgeon River (Portage Lake tributary))	31.4	31
Slagle Creek	17.7	18
South Branch River	13	13
South Ore Creek	15.6	16
Spring Brook	27.1	27
Spruce River	10.5	11
St. Clair River	38	328
St. Joseph River - East Branch (Maumee River tributary)	25.4	53
St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan tributary)	164.7	706
St. Joseph River - West Branch - East Fork (Maumee River tributary)	18	18
St. Joseph River - West Branch (Maumee River tributary)	0.8	34
St. Joseph River - West Branch - West Fork (Maumee River tributary)	15	15
St. Marys River	40.8	84
Stony Creek (Clinton River tributary)	19.6	33
Stony Creek (Lake Erie tributary)	22.2	36
Stony Creek (Maple River (Grand River tributary))	26.9	27
Stony Creek - West Branch (Clinton River tributary)	13.1	13
Sturgeon River - East Branch (Menominee River tributary)	41.2	41
Sturgeon River (Indian River (Cheboygan River tributary))	40.9	60
Sturgeon River (Lake Michigan tributary)	65.6	66
Sturgeon River (Menominee River tributary)	29	136
Sturgeon River (Portage Lake tributary)	98.5	261
Sturgeon River - West Branch (Burt Lake tributary)	18.7	19
Sturgeon River - West Branch (Menominee River tributary)	40.5	41
Sturgeon River - West Branch (Portage Lake tributary)	34	34
Stutts Creek	33.5	60
Stutts Creek - North Branch	26.4	26
Sucker Creek	13.7	14
Susan Creek	5.8	6
Swan Creek (Marsh Creek tributary)	14.1	14
Swan Creek (St. Joseph River tributary)	29.1	29
Swan River	18.5	19
Swartz Creek	33.9	67
Sycamore Creek	26.5	39
Tacoosh River	20.1	20
Tahquamenon River	90.3	203
Tahquamenon River - East Branch	29.1	29
Tamarack Creek	30.7	31
Tawas River	4.1	4
Tenderfoot Creek	12.2	12
Tenmile Creek (Ford River tributary)	30.2	30
Tenmile Creek (Ontonagon River - South Branch tributary)	15.6	16
Thornapple River	93.9	167
Thread Creek	32.9	33
Thunder Bay River	76.1	287
Thunder Bay River - Lower South Branch	31.9	95
Thunder Bay River - North Branch	53.7	54
Thunder Bay River - Upper South Branch	34.9	35
Tioga River	16.8	17
Tittabawassee River	72.4	523
Tittabawassee River - East Branch	14.7	15
Tittabawassee River - Middle Branch	14.1	14
Tittabawassee River - West Branch	18.8	19
Tobacco River	12.6	91
Tobacco River - South Branch	34.1	34
Tonquish Creek	8.5	9
Torch River	2.1	69
Town Line Creek	17.8	18
Trout Creek (Ontonagon River - Middle Branch tributary)	17	17
Trout Creek (Paint Creek (Clinton River tributary))	6.5	7
Trout River	8.4	8
Truax Creek	12.9	13
Two Hearted River	23.6	57
Two Hearted River - North Branch	20	20
Two Hearted River - West Branch	13.8	14
Van Etten Creek	2.1	55
Vermilion Creek	18.9	19
Victoria Creek (Cedar River)	6.2	6
Wabascon Creek	25	25
Wabasis Creek	14.2	14
Waiska River	15.2	33
Waiska River - West Branch	17.4	17
Wanadoga Creek	21.2	21
White Creek	2.7	37
White Creek - North Branch	22.3	22
White Creek - South Branch	12.2	12
White Feather Creek	13	13
Whitefish River	11.9	94
Whitefish River - East Branch	16.6	32
Whitefish River - West Branch	32.2	32
White River	83.1	109
White River - North Branch	25.7	26
Wilder Creek	7.2	7
Wolf Creek (River Raisin - South Branch tributary)	30.4	30
Wolf Creek (Thunder Bay River - Lower South Branch tributary)	17.3	49
Yellow Dog River	35.6	36
Yuba Creek	6.7	7

Note: Lengths are for the part of the river/watershed within the boundary of this state.

Note: Mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey